--- title: Campfires, cold nights and rivers — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Campfires, cold nights and rivers», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A campfire is lovely but it is real fire. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/) [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/) / Campfires, cold nights and rivers # Campfires, cold nights and rivers Lesson 231 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 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/231-campfires-and-rivers/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/0/) — A campfire is lovely but it is real fire. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/1/) — You stay outside a safe circle round it, keep burning sticks in it, and never light one when there is a fire ban, because in dry weather one spark can start a wildfire. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/2/) — A fire is not out just because the ashes look grey. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/3/) — Embers can stay hot under the ash for many hours, so a fire is drowned with water, stirred and drowned again until it is cold to the touch. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/4/) — Rivers are trickier than they look. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/6/) — Example: in Victoria, Australia, a family on a cold camping night sleeps in hats and dry layers on foam mats, because the cold ground pulls heat out of a body much faster than the air does. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/7/) — On a cold night, sleep in a hat and dry layers on a mat, because the ground draws heat from your body. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/8/) — When there is a fire ban, do not light any fire at all, because one spark can start a wildfire. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/9/) — Stay about three big steps away from a campfire and never run around it, because you could trip and fall into the fire. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/10/) — Toast marshmallows on a long stick at the side of the flames, and blow one out if it catches fire, because burning sugar sticks to skin. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/11/) — Put a fire out by drowning it with water, stirring, and drowning again until it is cold to the touch. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/12/) — Hidden embers can stay hot for many hours and start a wildfire. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/13/) — Cool a burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell a grown-up; never put ice or butter on it. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/14/) — Keep burning sticks in the fire and never wave them around. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/15/) — Stay back from river banks, especially after rain, because they can be slippery or crumble. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/16/) — Water under a calm surface can still be moving fast enough to pull a swimmer downstream. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/17/) — Cross a river only on a bridge or with a grown-up who says it is safe, because wet stones and logs are slippery. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/18/) — Keep well away from a high brown river after heavy rain, because floodwater is fast and carries logs. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/19/) — Cross on the bridge, not on its railings, and never jump off a bridge into water, because hidden rocks or shallow water cause serious injuries. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/20/) — A boy in Montana jumped across a fast river on wet stones; he slipped, the current pulled him under and his dad only just reached him. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/21/) — A camper in Australia poured petrol on a slow campfire; the flames burst up into his face and he was badly burned. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/22/) — Fast rivers are much stronger than they look, and even shallow fast water can knock a person over. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/23/) — Petrol and other fuel on a fire make it flare up in a flash and cause terrible burns. - ← previous: [Hiking and camping safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/) - next →: [Safe at lakes and beaches](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/232-lakes-and-beaches/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)