--- title: Teachers, visitors and the playground — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Teachers, visitors and the playground», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Every visitor to a school signs in at the office and wears a badge, so a stranger in the grounds without a badge is reported to a t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-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/) / Teachers, visitors and the playground # Teachers, visitors and the playground Lesson 257 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/0/) — Every visitor to a school signs in at the office and wears a badge, so a stranger in the grounds without a badge is reported to a teacher straight away, and you never go anywhere with them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/1/) — When a teacher tells you off, you listen, say sorry if you were wrong and do not answer back, because answering back makes the trouble bigger; a detention (being kept in at break or after school) is a consequence that helps you change. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/2/) — In the playground, games need clear rules agreed before they start, and when a game gets too rough you stop it and tell the duty teacher (the teacher watching the playground) if it goes on. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/3/) — Climbing frames are safe when you hold on with one hand per rung (each bar you hold), take turns and never push, because falls from height break bones. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/4/) — A girl in Vermont plays on the icy playground: she walks carefully, throws soft snowballs at nobody's face, and when the bell rings she stops at once and lines up. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/5/) — School visitors must sign in at the office and wear a badge. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/6/) — If you see a stranger in the school grounds without a badge, you tell a teacher straight away and do not go with them. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/7/) — At parent–teacher evenings or conferences your parents and teacher talk about how you are doing, so they can help you learn together. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/8/) — When a teacher tells you off, you listen, say sorry if you were wrong and do not answer back rudely. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/9/) — A detention or lost play time is a consequence, and you think about what to do differently. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/10/) — When the bell rings at the end of break, you stop playing straight away and line up, so lessons start on time. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/11/) — If a game of tag gets too rough, you say it needs to be gentler and tell the duty teacher if it continues. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/12/) — Arguments about rules are avoided by agreeing the rules before starting, or by using rock, paper, scissors. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/13/) — On climbing equipment you use one hand per rung, take turns and do not push. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/14/) — On ice you walk carefully, and you never throw snowballs at faces or with ice in them, because they can injure eyes. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/15/) — If someone takes your ball, you ask for it back politely, then tell a teacher; grabbing it back starts fights. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/16/) — If a wasp or bee comes near, you stay calm and move away slowly without swatting, because swatting makes stings more likely. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/17/) — A stranger in a car at a school gate in Arizona told a girl her mum had sent him to collect her; she ran back to the teacher instead, and the police later found he had no right to be there. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/18/) — A boy in London jumped off the top of the climbing frame at break; he landed badly and broke both wrists. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/19/) — Schools only let children go with people their family has named, so a stranger saying "your mum sent me" is a warning sign. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/20/) — Falls from playground climbing frames are among the most common causes of broken arms in children. - ← previous: [Questions, group work and the adults at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/) - next →: [The lunchroom and school trips](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)