--- title: The pet that loves you most — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The pet that loves you most», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Every evening she lies across Sam's bedroom door like a furry draught excluder. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / The pet that loves you most # The pet that loves you most Lesson 460 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 31 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/1/) — Every evening she lies across Sam's bedroom door like a furry draught excluder. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/2/) — When Sam cries about Grandad, she puts her heavy grey chin on his lap and just stays there. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/3/) — She never judges, never tells. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/5/) — Chloe's guinea pigs squeak like a car alarm every morning when she comes downstairs. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/6/) — «They know your footsteps,» says Mum. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/7/) — On holiday the neighbour feeds them, and they don't squeak once. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/8/) — Lily's goldfish Bubbles swims to the front of the tank for her, but not for her brother — fish learn who feeds them. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/9/) — Jake's dog Diesel is huge and scruffy and everyone crosses the road, but with Jake he's a big softie who sleeps on his feet. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/10/) — On a bad day Jake takes Diesel for a long walk instead of shouting at anyone, and comes back calmer. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/11/) — Pets depend on you completely. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/12/) — Maddie forgets to fill the rabbit's water bowl for two days and finds it lying still in the hutch. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/14/) — Maddie makes a chart and ticks it every single day. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/15/) — Sam's dog Scout slips out of a gate left open and Sam searches for hours with a torch until a neighbour finds him two streets away. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/16/) — The latch gets fixed and Scout gets microchipped. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/17/) — Lily's goldfish dies after three years. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/18/) — «It's only a fish, get another one, lol,» says Kieran. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/19/) — Lily buries Bubbles in the garden under a painted stone, and she is properly gutted — very upset. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/20/) — Connor's family can't keep Bruno any more, with a new baby and a tiny flat, so Bruno goes to a friend's farm; Connor visits twice a year and Bruno goes wild with joy every time. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/21/) — Sometimes the kind choice is the hard one. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/22/) — Love doesn't stop with a move. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/23/) — Some love is odd: Kieran's cat leaves a dead mouse on his pillow as a present, and Mum clears it up with a bag. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/24/) — When Mia has flu, her grandma's old cat doesn't leave her bed for three days. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/25/) — Pets can be a real comfort when you are sad, scared or ill. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/26/) — The pet that loves you most is usually the one you look after yourself every day. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/27/) — Many animals, even fish and guinea pigs, learn to recognise the person who feeds them. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/28/) — Pets depend on you completely for food and water; a small animal without water can become dangerously ill within a day or two. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/29/) — A chart or routine helps you remember to check water and food every day. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/32/) — Sometimes a family cannot keep a pet, and finding it a good new home is a kind choice, not a betrayal. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/33/) — Cats sometimes bring dead mice or birds as «presents»; an adult should remove them with gloves or a bag, and the cat should not be punished. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/34/) — Walking a dog can help you calm down when you are angry. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/35/) — Animals often notice when someone is unwell, but you should still wash your hands and not let pets lick your face. - ← previous: [The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/) - next →: [How best friends start](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/461-how-best-friends-start/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)