--- title: Running games and the playground — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Running games and the playground», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Running games are safest when everybody follows the same rules: take turns, wait until the space is clear, and play fair even when you a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/) [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/) / Running games and the playground # Running games and the playground Lesson 247 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/247-running-games-and-playground/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/0/) — Running games are safest when everybody follows the same rules: take turns, wait until the space is clear, and play fair even when you are out. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/1/) — Some dangers are hidden: a lollipop stick in the mouth or a pencil in the hand can stab you if you fall, and a rope or hoodie cord can catch on equipment and strangle. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/2/) — Monkey bars are where most playground injuries happen, so you use both hands and go one way, and a metal slide in the sun can burn, so you touch it first. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/3/) — Outside, you come home when the street lights come on or at the agreed time, because drivers cannot see you in the dark and your parents will worry. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/4/) — A girl in Phoenix touches the slide with her hand on a hot July afternoon, feels it is burning hot, and chooses the swings instead. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/5/) — When someone swings a golf club, you stand well back and to the side, because a club or ball can cause a serious head injury. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/6/) — You come home when the street lights come on or at the agreed time. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/7/) — In the dark drivers cannot see you well, and parents worry. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/8/) — Never run with a lollipop or anything in your mouth, or with sharp things in your hand. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/9/) — In a relay you pass the baton into the next runner's hand; in a three-legged race you start slowly and move together. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/10/) — In games like red light green light or Simon says you follow the caller and accept being out. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/11/) — If a game gets too rough, you say stop, and tell an adult if it does not stop. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/12/) — On a trampoline or busy playground you take turns and wait until the space is clear. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/13/) — On monkey bars you use both hands, everyone goes the same way, and nobody hangs upside down without a soft surface below. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/14/) — Falls from monkey bars are the commonest playground injury. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/15/) — A metal slide, or a dark plastic one, in the summer sun can burn skin, so you touch it with your hand first. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/16/) — Ropes, scarves and hoodie cords can catch on equipment and strangle, so they never go near climbing frames. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/17/) — If someone keeps the swing for ages, you ask politely for a turn or ask an adult to help. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/18/) — A boy in Texas ran backwards in a game of tag and hit a metal pole; he got a concussion (a brain injury from a hard knock to the head) and was sick and dizzy for days. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/19/) — A girl in Canada played chase near the school gate; she ran out after a friend between parked cars and was hit by a car, and broke her leg. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/20/) — Head injuries from running into poles, walls and other children are common in playgrounds; a child with a head bump who is sleepy, sick or confused needs a doctor. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/247-running-games-and-playground/21/) — Children who run between parked cars are hard for drivers to see until it is too late to stop. - ← previous: [Music practice and ball games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/) - next →: [Soccer, American football and baseball](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)