--- title: Feelings and calming down — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Feelings and calming down», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Everyone has feelings: happy, sad, angry, scared, worried, excited, jealous, embarrassed, frustrated; all of them are normal, and what matters --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/) [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/) / Feelings and calming down # Feelings and calming down Lesson 53 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 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/53-feelings-and-calming-down/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/0/) — Everyone has feelings: happy, sad, angry, scared, worried, excited, jealous, embarrassed, frustrated; all of them are normal, and what matters is what we do with them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/1/) — Feelings show in the body: anger can make your face hot, your fists tight and your heart race; fear can give you «butterflies» in your tummy and make you want to run or freeze. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/2/) — Putting a name on a feeling («I am frustrated because the puzzle will not fit») helps you understand it and makes it easier to calm down and to tell someone what you need. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/3/) — To calm down when you are angry or scared, stop, breathe in slowly through your nose and out slowly through your mouth a few times, count to ten, move away to a quiet spot, or talk to someone you trust. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/4/) — A boy in Denver is about to throw his controller when he loses a game; instead he puts it down, takes five slow breaths, and a minute later he can laugh about it, and the controller is not broken. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/5/) — A boy in Toronto got so angry at his brother that he punched a door; he broke two bones in his hand and spent six weeks in a cast. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/6/) — A girl in Dublin kept her worries to herself for months; she stopped sleeping and eating well until she finally told her mum, who helped her get support. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/7/) — All feelings are normal, even the uncomfortable ones. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/8/) — Having a feeling is never wrong, but hurting someone because of it is. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/9/) — Anger can make your face hot, your muscles tight and your heart beat fast. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/10/) — Fear can make your heart race and give you a fluttery feeling in your tummy, as your body gets ready to run or protect itself. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/11/) — Fear can be useful, because it warns you that something might be dangerous. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/12/) — Naming a feeling helps you understand it and calm down. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/13/) — Slow, deep breathing helps the body calm down. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/14/) — Moving away from what upset you for a few minutes gives you time to cool down. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/15/) — Feelings change and pass, like weather. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/17/) — Other people have feelings too, and you can often guess them from their face and body. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/18/) — It is fine to cry when you are sad or hurt; crying is a normal way to let feelings out. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/19/) — Acting while very angry can lead to hurting yourself, someone else or breaking something you care about. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/20/) — Keeping big worries hidden for a long time can make you feel ill, so it helps to tell someone you trust. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/21/) — To fancy someone means to like them in a special way; chanting it at someone is teasing. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/22/) — When parents say they are going through a rough patch, they mean they are not getting on well; it is not the child's fault, and it is all right to feel sad and to tell a trusted adult. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/23/) — Someone who is heartbroken is very sad because a boyfriend or girlfriend has ended things; being gentle and giving them space helps. - ← previous: [Friends, teams and fair play](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/) - next →: [Solving disagreements calmly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)