--- title: Kindness to animals — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Kindness to animals», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Kindness to animals is in small, everyday things: how we move near them and what we throw away. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/) [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/) / Kindness to animals # Kindness to animals Lesson 207 of the everyday 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/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/0/) — Kindness to animals is in small, everyday things: how we move near them and what we throw away. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/1/) — Plastic rings from drink packs can trap birds, turtles, fish and other animals by the neck, beak or legs, so we cut each ring before throwing them away. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/2/) — Small animals are easily frightened, because to them we are huge; they feel safe with people who move slowly and speak softly. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/3/) — A boy in Galway wants to see a robin up close; he sits still and speaks quietly, and the robin hops nearer instead of flying off. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/5/) — Plastic drink-pack rings are cut before they are thrown away. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/6/) — Animals can get trapped in plastic rings by the neck, beak or legs. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/7/) — Litter on beaches and in rivers can trap or choke wild animals. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/8/) — With small animals you always move slowly and speak softly. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/9/) — Animals feel safe with calm people. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/10/) — Sudden movements and loud noises frighten small animals and can make them bite, scratch or run. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/11/) — A small pet is held gently and close to the body with both hands, low down, so it cannot fall. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/12/) — A wild animal is watched quietly from a distance, not chased or grabbed. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/13/) — A boy in Arizona left his dog in the car "for five minutes" on a hot day; when he and his dad came back the dog was collapsed from the heat and needed emergency care. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/14/) — Some children in Ireland threw stones at a swan's nest; the swan attacked to protect its eggs, one child was hit by its wing, and the eggs were broken. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/15/) — A car in the sun gets hot inside very quickly, and dogs left in hot cars can die within minutes. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/16/) — Hurting or tormenting an animal is cruel, it can make the animal attack, and it is against the law. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/17/) — Grown-ups say two people «are an item» when they are a couple, going out together; parents «divorcing» means their marriage is ending and they will live apart, which is never the child's fault. - ← previous: [Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/) - next →: [Teeth, nails, baths and toilets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)