--- title: The birth of Jesus — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The birth of Jesus», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A Roman census took them to Bethlehem; there was no room at the inn, so the baby was laid in a manger, an animal feeding trough, and angels sen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/) [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/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / The birth of Jesus # The birth of Jesus Lesson 12 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 15 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/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/). - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/2/) — A Roman census took them to Bethlehem; there was no room at the inn, so the baby was laid in a manger, an animal feeding trough, and angels sent shepherds to see him. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/3/) — Wise men from the East followed a star with gold, frankincense and myrrh, while jealous King Herod tried to kill the child, so the family fled to Egypt as refugees. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/4/) — Christians believe that in Jesus God himself became a human being (the Incarnation) — «Emmanuel, God with us» — and came humbly, close to poor and ordinary people; that is why Christmas is about welcome and giving, not only presents. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/5/) — The angel Gabriel told Mary in Nazareth that she would have a son, Jesus, the Son of God; this is called the Annunciation. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/6/) — Mary said yes to God: «Let it be to me according to your word». - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/7/) — Joseph was a carpenter who was told in a dream to take Mary as his wife and care for the child. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/8/) — Mary and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem for a Roman census, a count of all the people, and there was no room for them at the inn. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/9/) — Jesus was laid in a manger, which is an animal feeding trough. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/11/) — Shepherds were ordinary, often looked-down-on workers, and Christians note that the good news came to them first. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/12/) — Wise men (magi) from the East followed a star and brought gold, frankincense and myrrh (two sweet-smelling tree gums); the Bible does not say there were three of them, only three gifts. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/13/) — King Herod was jealous and tried to kill the baby, so Jesus' family escaped to Egypt as refugees. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/14/) — Emmanuel is a name for Jesus meaning «God with us». - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/15/) — The Incarnation is the Christian belief that God the Son became a real human being in Jesus. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/16/) — When Jesus was twelve he stayed behind in the Temple in Jerusalem asking and answering questions, and his parents searched for him for three days. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/17/) — After being found in the Temple, Jesus went home to Nazareth and obeyed his parents. - ← previous: [Psalms and Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/) - next →: [Jesus' life and teaching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)