--- title: Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A cricket ball is very hard, almost like a stone covered in leather, so batters wear a helmet, pads and gloves, and field --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/) [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/) / Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and… # Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming Lesson 249 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/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/0/) — A cricket ball is very hard, almost like a stone covered in leather, so batters wear a helmet, pads and gloves, and fielders close to the bat wear a helmet or stand back. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/1/) — Each sport has rules that also keep people safe: in rugby you pass only backwards or sideways and tackle below the shoulders; in ice hockey the stick stays below the shoulders. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/2/) — In basketball you land from a jump on both feet with bent knees, and you never hang on the rim, because the hoop or you can fall. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/3/) — Rings, earrings and necklaces come off before sport, because they can catch and tear skin; in the pool, goggles stop the chlorine stinging your eyes. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/4/) — A girl in Christchurch learns rugby: her coach shows her how to tackle low around the waist and legs, and she always wears her mouthguard. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/6/) — Fielders close to the batter wear a helmet or stand further back, because hard shots hit them. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/7/) — In cricket the bowler keeps the arm straight; bending and straightening it to throw is against the rules, and the umpire (the cricket referee) will not allow it. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/8/) — In rugby you learn safe tackling from a coach, wear a mouthguard and tackle below the shoulders. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/9/) — High tackles cause head and neck injuries. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/10/) — In rugby the ball may be passed only backwards or sideways; a forward pass is against the rules. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/12/) — You do not hang on the basketball rim, because the hoop or you can fall. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/13/) — Rings, earrings and necklaces come off before sport, because they catch and tear skin. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/14/) — In ice hockey, where players chase a puck (a flat rubber disc), the stick is kept below the shoulders, because a high stick can injure faces. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/15/) — A mouthguard protects the teeth and mouth from knocks. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/16/) — Chlorine is put in pool water to kill germs. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/17/) — Swimming goggles stop the chlorine in pool water from stinging your eyes. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/18/) — A boy in Yorkshire fielded close to the batter without a helmet; the ball hit his head and he had to go to hospital. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/19/) — A girl in Sydney dived into the shallow end at swimming club; she hit the bottom and hurt her neck badly. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/20/) — A cricket or hockey ball is hard enough to break bones, so close fielders and goalies wear helmets and pads. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/21/) — Most diving injuries happen in water less than about 1.5 metres (5 feet) deep, so dive only in deep water where diving is allowed. - ← previous: [Soccer, American football and baseball](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/) - next →: [Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)