--- title: Litter and caring for nature — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Litter and caring for nature», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The rule of the outdoors is «Leave no trace»: leave a place as you found it, or better. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/) [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/) / Litter and caring for nature # Litter and caring for nature Lesson 239 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 20 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/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/0/) — The rule of the outdoors is «Leave no trace»: leave a place as you found it, or better. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/1/) — Take your rubbish home or to a bin, even an apple core, which takes months to rot and teaches animals to come close to people. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/3/) — Animals swallow plastic and balloon pieces or get tangled in strings, so never let a balloon go outdoors. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/4/) — Nature is also people's and animals' home. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/6/) — If you see someone harming an animal or starting a fire, do not argue with them; tell a grown-up, a ranger (a person whose job is to look after a park or reserve) or the police, who can stop it safely. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/7/) — Example: a girl in Colorado finishes her granola bar on a trail. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/8/) — There is no bin, so she folds the wrapper into her pocket and drops it in the bin at the car park. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/9/) — Keep a snack wrapper in your pocket or bag until you find a bin, because litter harms animals and spoils places for everyone. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/10/) — You can pick up safe litter left by others with gloves or a litter picker; it helps nature and sets a good example. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/11/) — Take apple cores and banana peels home or put them in a bin; they take months to rot and teach animals to come close to people. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/12/) — Never release balloons outdoors, because they come down as litter that animals swallow or get tangled in. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/13/) — Do not draw on rocks, trees or signs, because it spoils the place for others and is hard to remove. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/14/) — Leave rocks in a stream where they are, because they are homes for insects and fish. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/15/) — Speak quietly in nature and leave music at home, because noise frightens animals and disturbs other visitors. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/16/) — Look at wild frogs, lizards and tadpoles but leave them in their home; they usually die in captivity and some are protected. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/18/) — If you see someone harm an animal or start a fire, do not argue; tell a grown-up, a ranger or the police. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/19/) — A girl in Florida dropped a plastic bag on the beach; a sea turtle later swallowed one like it, thinking it was a jellyfish, and died. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/20/) — Children in a park in Ireland left broken glass bottles in the grass; a dog cut its paw badly and a small child cut her foot. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/21/) — Plastic in the sea kills many sea birds, turtles and fish that eat it or get tangled. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/22/) — Broken glass left on the ground can cut people and animals for years, so if you break a bottle, tell a grown-up and help clean it up safely. - ← previous: [Bites, stings and things you find on the ground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/) - next →: [The night sky and outdoor myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)