--- title: Snow, ice and strong sun — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Snow, ice and strong sun», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Cold is most dangerous when you are wet. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/) [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/) / Snow, ice and strong sun # Snow, ice and strong sun Lesson 234 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 27 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/234-snow-ice-and-sun/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/0/) — Cold is most dangerous when you are wet. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/1/) — Wet clothes lose heat fast, so fingers and toes can get frostbite and the whole body can get too cold. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/3/) — Snow and ice also hide dangers from above and below: heavy snow and icicles can fall from roofs, snow piles can collapse, ice is slippery, and snowploughs push snow off the road into the piles by the kerb. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/4/) — Strong sun is a danger too. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/5/) — The sun is strongest from about 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and in Australia and New Zealand the UV is especially strong. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/6/) — Glass can focus sunlight into a spot hot enough to start a fire. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/7/) — Example: a boy in Calgary plays in the snow until his gloves are soaked. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/8/) — His fingers go white and numb, so he goes in, takes off the wet gloves and warms his hands slowly, and tells his mum. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/9/) — In snow, wear a hat, gloves, warm socks and waterproof boots, and come in when you get wet or very cold. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/10/) — Wet clothes lose heat fast, and fingers and toes can get frostbite. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/11/) — Shivering hard and feeling clumsy and sleepy in the cold are signs of hypothermia, so tell a grown-up and get warm and dry. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/12/) — Throw only soft snowballs at people who are playing, never at faces, cars or strangers, and never with stones or ice inside; a snowball can startle a driver into a crash. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/13/) — Keep snow forts small and open, and never dig tunnels in snow piles by the road, because snow collapses and snowploughs push snow there. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/14/) — Never stand under icicles or knock them down, because they are heavy and sharp. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/15/) — Do not eat yellow, grey or dirty snow, and ask before eating any, because snow can contain dirt, animal pee and road salt. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/16/) — Walk around frozen puddles, because ice is very slippery. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/17/) — Keep away from under roof edges after heavy snow, because snow can slide off and bury or hurt someone. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/18/) — On an outdoor rink, skate in the same direction as everyone else and get up quickly after a fall, because skate blades can cut hands. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/19/) — When the UV index is high, stay in the shade from about 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., when the sun is strongest. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/20/) — If you get sunburnt, get out of the sun, cool the skin with cool water, drink and tell a grown-up. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/21/) — A magnifying glass focuses sunlight into a spot hot enough to start a fire, so never point it at anything, at people or at animals. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/22/) — Pick up glass bottles from dry grass, because a bottle can focus sunlight and start a grass fire. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/23/) — Two boys in Minnesota walked onto a frozen pond to fetch a ball; the ice cracked and one fell through into freezing water, and firefighters had to rescue him. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/24/) — A girl in Canada played outside for hours in wet gloves in deep cold; her fingers turned white and numb, and the doctors treated her for frostbite. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/25/) — Ice that looks solid can be thin in places, and falling into freezing water makes it hard to breathe and move within minutes. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/26/) — If someone falls through ice, do not go out after them; shout for help and reach out to them with a long stick or branch from the bank. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/27/) — Frostbite can damage fingers, toes, ears and noses in the cold, and wet clothes make it happen faster. - ← previous: [The sea, waves and swimming pools](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/) - next →: [Rain, floods and storms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)