--- title: A pet is a responsibility — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «A pet is a responsibility», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A pet depends on its family for everything: food, safety, comfort, health and kindness, every day, in good times and bad, for the whole of its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/) [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/) / A pet is a responsibility # A pet is a responsibility Lesson 65 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 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/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/0/) — A pet depends on its family for everything: food, safety, comfort, health and kindness, every day, in good times and bad, for the whole of its life. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/1/) — Good owners think from the animal's side: a new home, a new baby, a strange house or a vet visit can feel scary to an animal, so they go slowly and calmly. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/2/) — Small animals in cages and hutches cannot move away from danger, so their owners must do it for them: shade on hot days, shelter and extra bedding on freezing nights. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/3/) — Owners also keep pets healthy: vet checks and vaccines, flea and worm treatments, and a collar that fits with room for two fingers underneath. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/4/) — A girl in Vancouver is given a new kitten. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/5/) — She gives it a quiet corner and a few days to settle before lots of cuddles, and when the family's dog meets it, an adult is always watching. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/6/) — A family in Ohio got a puppy for Christmas, but nobody walked or trained it; it chewed the house, grew bored and anxious, and had to go to a rescue home. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/7/) — A boy in Leeds forgot to close the guinea pig's run; a fox got in at night and the guinea pig was killed. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/9/) — A new pet needs a quiet place and a few days to settle, because moving house is scary for animals. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/10/) — A new baby or new pet is introduced slowly and always with an adult watching, because animals can feel jealous or scared. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/11/) — You ask the owner before touching or feeding a friend's pet, because the owner knows how it behaves. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/13/) — If a family truly cannot keep a pet, they find it a new home through a shelter; abandoning a pet is cruel and against the law in many countries. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/14/) — A pet that scratches all the time may have fleas, tiny jumping bugs that leave dark specks in the fur and can bite people too. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/15/) — An adult gives the flea and worm treatment the vet suggests, to keep pets and the family free of parasites. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/16/) — In play, a pet should catch the toy sometimes, because always losing makes animals stressed or snappy. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/17/) — Most animals do not like clothes, so a pet is dressed up only if it is calm, and you stop if it struggles. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/18/) — Small animals in cages can overheat and die quickly, so cages and hutches are kept in the shade. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/19/) — On freezing nights small animals in hutches need a sheltered place and extra bedding. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/20/) — A collar fits well when you can slide two fingers under it. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/21/) — Many pets end up in rescue centres because their owners did not realise how much care they need. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/22/) — Small pets left in unsecured runs can be caught by foxes, cats, dogs or birds. - ← previous: [Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/) - next →: [How pets feel and saying goodbye](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)