--- title: Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Respect means small things: asking before picking someone's flowers, knocking to ask for a lost ball instead of climbing thei --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/) [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/) / Neighbours, deliveries, heating and co… # Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling Lesson 117 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/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/1/) — Respect means small things: asking before picking someone's flowers, knocking to ask for a lost ball instead of climbing their fence, and playing where your ball will not hit their car. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/2/) — Looking out for each other means noticing too: if an elderly neighbour who lives alone has not been seen for a while, telling a grown-up can bring help to someone who has fallen. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/3/) — For example, a girl in London kicks her ball over the fence; she knocks on the door with her dad and asks politely, and the neighbour is happy to hand it back. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/4/) — The home's heating and cooling need care as well: heaters burn skin and can set fabric alight, and on hot days you keep the sun out in the day and let cool air in at night. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/5/) — When a new family moves in next door, saying hello with a grown-up is a friendly start. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/6/) — To get a ball back from a neighbour's garden, knock and ask politely rather than climbing the fence. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/7/) — An elderly neighbour who lives alone may fall and need help, so tell a grown-up if you have not seen them for a while. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/8/) — A dog behind a fence may bite, so it should not be teased and hands should not go through the fence. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/9/) — A child checks with a parent before going inside a neighbour's house alone, so a grown-up knows where they are. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/10/) — Picking flowers from someone's garden needs their permission first. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/11/) — A parcel for a neighbour is taken in only if a parent agrees, and given back the same day. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/12/) — Some door-to-door sellers are scams, so say no politely and close the door or fetch a grown-up. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/13/) — Radiators and heaters can burn skin, so you do not lean or sit on them. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/14/) — A portable heater must be kept away from curtains and bedding and never covered, or it can start a fire. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/15/) — To keep a house cool in hot weather, close the curtains in the day, open the windows at night and drink water. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/16/) — A family in Ohio ran a generator inside the garage during a power cut; the carbon monoxide made them all dizzy and sick, and they were saved when a neighbour called 911. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/17/) — A boy in Leeds put a towel over a heater to dry it; it started to burn and filled the room with smoke. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/18/) — Carbon monoxide has no colour or smell and can kill, which is why homes have carbon monoxide alarms. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/19/) — Engines and generators must never run indoors or in a garage, because they make carbon monoxide. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/20/) — If a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, or everyone gets headaches and feels dizzy, get everyone out into fresh air and call the emergency number. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/21/) — Clothes or towels on heaters can catch fire. - ← previous: [Home alone, keys and garden play](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/) - next →: [Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)