--- title: When a grandparent dies — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «When a grandparent dies», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: When a grandparent dies, their body has stopped working and they will not wake up or come back; it is very sad, and it is never a child's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/) [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/) / When a grandparent dies # When a grandparent dies Lesson 58 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 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/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/0/) — When a grandparent dies, their body has stopped working and they will not wake up or come back; it is very sad, and it is never a child's fault, whatever was said or done before. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/1/) — Picture Ellie at breakfast: in the night her mum got a phone call, and now she says, «Grandad died in hospital in his sleep. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/2/) — He wasn't in pain.» Ellie asks, «Dead dead? - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/3/) — Like proper dead?» and Mum says yes, and holds her. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/5/) — Grief comes in waves: a child may play football as usual, feel relief that the pain is over, forget for a whole day at the beach and then feel guilty, and all of this is normal and does not mean the love has gone. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/6/) — Ellie's church teaches that Grandad is now with God and that Christians will meet again in the resurrection; other faiths have their own hopes, some people believe death is the end, and all agree that love and memories stay. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/7/) — When a person dies, their body stops working; they will not wake up or come back. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/9/) — Words cannot make someone die; a death from illness or old age is never a child's fault. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/10/) — Children grieve in different ways: some talk, some cry, some play as usual; grief can come later, in waves. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/11/) — Some families visit the body at the funeral home to say goodbye; the person looks peaceful but is not breathing and feels cool; children may go if they wish, with a grown-up. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/12/) — Orthodox and Catholic Christians, and many cultures, often sit with the body and pray before the funeral. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/13/) — When someone cannot travel to a funeral, they can say goodbye by lighting a candle, writing a letter, looking at photos or joining by video. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/14/) — In the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a panakhyda is a prayer service for someone who has died. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/15/) — When someone has suffered for a long time, people can feel relief that the pain is over and great sadness at once. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/16/) — A will is a document in which a person says who should get their things after they die. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/17/) — Forgetting about the person for a while is how minds heal; it does not mean the love has gone. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/58-when-a-grandparent-dies/18/) — Funerals often include music the person loved, such as a football song, alongside hymns and readings. - ← previous: [Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon/) - next →: [Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)