--- title: Fire, candles and garage and garden tools — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Fire, candles and garage and garden tools», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Fire grows very fast: a candle flame that touches a curtain can fill a room with smoke in a few minutes, which is why matches, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/) [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/) / Fire, candles and garage and garden to… # Fire, candles and garage and garden tools Lesson 115 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/0/) — Fire grows very fast: a candle flame that touches a curtain can fill a room with smoke in a few minutes, which is why matches, lighters and candles are grown-ups' tools and are never left alone. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/1/) — In a fire, things do not matter and people do: you get out at once, leave everything behind and tell the firefighters about any pet still inside. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/2/) — The garage and garden hold a second set of dangers: blades that cut in an instant, poisons that look harmless, ladders that fall, water that drowns, and car exhaust with invisible carbon monoxide. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/3/) — For example, antifreeze tastes sweet, so a child or a dog might drink it, but even a little can kill; this is why garage chemicals are never touched. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/4/) — Many garden accidents are simple to prevent: lay a rake with its teeth down, wear gloves, stay well away from the mower and empty the paddling pool after use. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/5/) — Matches and lighters are tools for grown-ups and should be given to a grown-up if found. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/6/) — A lit candle must never be left alone, must be kept away from curtains, and is blown out before you leave the room. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/7/) — Hair catches fire easily, so keep it back and blow birthday candles from a safe distance. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/8/) — In a fire you leave everything and get out, and you tell firefighters about pets instead of going back. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/9/) — In a fire, get low under the smoke, get out, stay out and call the emergency number. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/10/) — Children stay behind the fire guard and do not put things into a fire without a grown-up. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/11/) — Fireworks are watched from a safe distance, a used firework is never picked up, and sparklers are held with gloves and put in water after. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/12/) — Lawnmowers throw stones and their blades can cut off toes, so children stay well away. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/13/) — A rake left with its teeth up can swing its handle into your face when stepped on. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/14/) — Power tools such as drills, saws and hedge trimmers cut and crush in an instant. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/17/) — Children climb a ladder only when a grown-up says yes and holds it, because ladders can slip and fall. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/18/) — Gardening gloves protect your hands from thorns, splinters, germs in the soil and insect stings. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/19/) — Young children can drown in very shallow water, so paddling pools are emptied after use. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/20/) — A girl in Ohio fell asleep with a candle burning on her shelf; it lit the curtains, and the family escaped only because the smoke alarm went off. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/21/) — A boy in Australia left a rake lying teeth-up on the lawn; he stepped on it in the evening, the handle flew up and hit his face, and he needed stitches above his eye. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/22/) — Smoke alarms give families time to escape, and most home fire deaths happen in homes without a working alarm. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/115-fire-candles-and-garden-tools/23/) — Candles left burning near curtains or while people sleep are a common cause of house fires. - ← previous: [Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/) - next →: [Home alone, keys and garden play](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)