--- title: Life and death: putting it all together — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Life and death: putting it all together», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The children's answers gather the whole journey: it is okay to be very sad when a pet dies; to a friend whose parent died --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/) [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/) / Life and death: putting it all together # Life and death: putting it all together Lesson 80 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 14 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/1/) — The children's answers gather the whole journey: it is okay to be very sad when a pet dies; to a friend whose parent died you can simply say «I'm sorry» and then be a normal friend; funerals are less scary once you know what happens; and grief comes back on birthdays and holidays, in waves that slowly get gentler. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/2/) — Max says he is less scared of dying since talking about it, because a fear that is shared gets smaller; Ellie says different people believe different things about what happens after death, Christians resurrection and heaven, others rebirth, judgement and Paradise, or that life simply ends, and friends can respect each other across all of them. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/4/) — Mrs Patel ends with a prayer, «Thank you, God, for life, for love, and for the people we remember», and the children who do not pray sit quietly, giving thanks in their own way: everyone joins in, each as themselves. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/5/) — For a child today this means: love the living, remember the dead, look after one another, and always tell an adult straight away if a friend is in danger. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/6/) — Every life, big or small, is valuable and worth caring for. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/7/) — Grief for a pet is real and normal; it shows love. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/9/) — Knowing what happens at a funeral helps children feel less afraid. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/10/) — Grief often returns on birthdays, anniversaries and holidays; this is normal. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/11/) — Sharing fears about death makes them smaller. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/13/) — Visiting old and lonely people is a great kindness. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/14/) — People may always miss someone they loved a little, but the pain usually softens and happy memories grow. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/16/) — Everyone can join a moment of thanks in their own way: praying, thinking or simply being quiet. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/17/) — If a friend says they wish they were dead, tell an adult straight away; Childline is 0800 1111. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/18/) — Grief has no single right shape and no deadline. - ← previous: [Promises, memory and keeping each other safe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe/) - next →: [Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/81-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)