--- title: My body belongs to me — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «My body belongs to me», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Your body belongs to you, and you can say no to any touch that you do not want or that feels wrong, even a hug or a tickle from someone you know; y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/) [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/) / My body belongs to me # My body belongs to me Lesson 57 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 20 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/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/0/) — Your body belongs to you, and you can say no to any touch that you do not want or that feels wrong, even a hug or a tickle from someone you know; you can offer a high-five or a wave instead. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/1/) — Your private parts are the parts of your body covered by a swimsuit; nobody should touch them, ask you to touch theirs, or show you pictures of private parts, except a parent or carer helping keep you clean and healthy, or a doctor or nurse checking you with your parent or carer there. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/2/) — Surprises and secrets are different: a surprise, like a birthday present, is happy and is told soon, while a secret that makes you feel worried or uncomfortable is a secret you should never keep. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/4/) — If the first adult you tell does not listen, keep telling other trusted adults until someone helps; good adults want to know, so that they can keep you safe. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/5/) — An adult told a boy in England that their touching games had to stay a secret; the boy felt confused and kept quiet for a long time, but when he finally told his teacher, it was stopped. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/6/) — A girl in Australia said no loudly when an older child touched her in a way she did not like, and told her mum straight away; the adults made sure it never happened again. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/7/) — Your body belongs to you. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/8/) — You can say no to touches you do not want, even from people you know and love. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/9/) — Private parts are the parts of the body covered by a swimsuit. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/10/) — Nobody should touch your private parts except to keep you clean and healthy. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/11/) — A doctor or nurse may check your body when your parent or carer is there. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/12/) — Nobody should ask you to touch their private parts or show you pictures of private parts. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/13/) — A surprise is happy and is told soon; a secret that makes you feel bad should be told. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/14/) — An adult who asks a child to keep a secret about touching is breaking a safety rule. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/15/) — If something feels wrong, you tell a trusted adult. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/16/) — It is never the child's fault if someone breaks a body safety rule. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/17/) — If one adult does not listen, you keep telling other trusted adults until someone helps. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/18/) — Other people's bodies belong to them too, so we ask before hugging and stop when someone says no. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/19/) — An adult who asks a child to keep a secret about touching is doing something wrong, and it is never the child's fault. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/57-my-body-belongs-to-me/20/) — Telling a trusted adult is how unsafe touching gets stopped. - ← previous: [Trusted adults and asking for help](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/) - next →: [Strangers and tricky people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)