--- title: Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Gymnastics looks easy when experts do it, but they learned with a coach, warm-ups and mats; flips without a coach can end --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/) [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/) / Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun an… # Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing Lesson 250 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/0/) — Gymnastics looks easy when experts do it, but they learned with a coach, warm-ups and mats; flips without a coach can end with a landing on the head and a serious neck injury. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/1/) — On a backyard trampoline, most injuries happen when several children jump together, so one person jumps at a time with the net and padding in place, and never when it is wet. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/2/) — Ice on a pond looks solid but may be thin: only skate where adults have checked it is at least 10 cm thick, or on a marked rink. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/3/) — Sledding is safest feet first, sitting up, on a hill away from roads, trees and ponds, and you stop when it gets dark. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/4/) — A boy in Ontario catches a trout, wets his hands before holding it and lets it go gently, so its protective slime stays on. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/5/) — Gymnastics needs a warm-up, mats and a coach who teaches the moves. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/6/) — Cartwheels and handstands at home are practised on grass or a mat, away from furniture. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/7/) — Flips and backflips are not tried without a trained coach, because landing on the head can cause a serious neck injury. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/8/) — On a backyard trampoline one person jumps at a time, with the net and padding in place. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/9/) — Most trampoline injuries happen when several people jump together. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/10/) — A wet trampoline is slippery, so you do not jump on it. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/11/) — You skate only on ice checked by adults or on a marked rink; the ice must be at least 10 cm thick. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/12/) — Sledding is done feet first, sitting up, on a hill away from roads, trees and ponds; head first, your head hits any obstacle first. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/13/) — Sledding stops when it gets dark, because you cannot see obstacles. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/14/) — Snow, especially yellow or dirty snow, is not for eating, because it can be dirty. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/15/) — A fish hook stuck in a finger is not pulled out; an adult or doctor removes it, because the barb (the little backward hook on its point) tears skin. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/16/) — Many places require a fishing licence, for adults and sometimes for children, to protect fish stocks (the number of fish living in the water). - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/17/) — To release a fish, you wet your hands and put it back gently, because dry hands damage its slime coat. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/18/) — Three children in Colorado bounced on a trampoline at the same time; the smallest was thrown off sideways and broke her arm. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/19/) — A boy in Michigan went ice fishing alone on early winter ice; it cracked under him and he only got out because a man nearby heard him shout. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/20/) — Most trampoline injuries happen when more than one person jumps at once, and the smallest child is hurt most. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/21/) — Early-winter and late-winter ice can be thin, and falling through it is life-threatening within minutes. - ← previous: [Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/) - next →: [Younger children, losing and practising](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)