--- title: Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A park is shared by people, dogs and wild animals, so the rules there protect all of them: keep to the paths where signs ask, leav --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/) [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/) / Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds # Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds Lesson 228 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 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/228-parks-and-playgrounds/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/0/) — A park is shared by people, dogs and wild animals, so the rules there protect all of them: keep to the paths where signs ask, leave wild animals alone, and give way to people walking. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/1/) — Most playground injuries come from falls and from using equipment the wrong way: climbing up slides, standing on swings, jumping from high places. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/2/) — Cords and scarves can also catch on equipment and strangle a child. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/3/) — If you find something dangerous, like broken glass or a needle, or someone gets badly hurt, you do not touch it or move them. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/4/) — You move away and get a grown-up at once. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/5/) — Example: in July a girl in Phoenix, Arizona, touches the metal slide before sliding down and finds it is hot enough to burn. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/6/) — She chooses the shady swings instead. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/7/) — «Keep off the grass» signs mean the grass may be newly seeded or resting, so walk on the paths. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/8/) — Bread fills ducks up without feeding them, makes them sick and dirties the water, so give only a little duck food, peas or oats, or nothing. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/9/) — Do not feed or touch squirrels and other wild animals, because they can bite and people food is bad for them. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/11/) — Before you pat a stranger's dog, ask the owner, then let the dog sniff your hand before you stroke its side. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/12/) — Go home before dark or stay with your grown-up, because in the dark it is harder to see dangers and to be seen. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/13/) — On a shared path, ride slowly, keep to one side, ring your bell and give way to people walking. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/14/) — Metal and plastic in strong sun can burn skin, so touch a slide with your hand before sliding. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/15/) — Go up the ladder and down the slide, one at a time, so nobody crashes. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/16/) — Sit in the middle of a swing, hold on with both hands and stop it before getting off, because jumping off is a common cause of broken arms. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/17/) — Take off scarves, helmets and clothes with cords before playing on equipment, because they can catch and strangle. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/18/) — Never touch broken glass or needles; move away and tell a grown-up, because needles can carry dangerous illnesses. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/19/) — Do not move a child who has fallen and does not get up; stay close and call a grown-up at once. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/20/) — Keep off icy equipment, because ice is very slippery and falls on it are hard. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/21/) — A boy in Wisconsin went down a slide with a drawstring hoodie on; the cord caught at the top and choked him, and an adult had to cut him free. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/22/) — A girl in Brisbane picked up a needle in the sandpit to put it in the bin; she pricked her finger and had to have blood tests and medicine for months. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/23/) — Each year many children break arms and legs falling from playground equipment, often from jumping or standing on it. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/24/) — A needle prick from a used needle can pass on serious illnesses, so needles are only picked up by trained adults. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/25/) — Grown-ups' talk you may overhear is private: «his dad's left» means the dad no longer lives with the family, so be kind and do not repeat it; and teasing that two friends are «married» or a couple is just teasing, which you can ignore. - ← previous: [Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/) - next →: [Safe and kind in gardens and forests](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)