--- title: The library and books — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The library and books», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A library book belongs to everyone: you sign or scan it out, keep it dry and clean, use a bookmark instead of folding pages, never write in it, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/) [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/) / The library and books # The library and books Lesson 259 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/259-library-and-books/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/0/) — A library book belongs to everyone: you sign or scan it out, keep it dry and clean, use a bookmark instead of folding pages, never write in it, and return it by the due date because others are waiting. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/1/) — If you lose or damage a library book, you tell the librarian honestly; you may have to pay for it, but hiding it is worse. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/2/) — Fiction is made-up stories and non-fiction gives true information; for a project you find facts with the library catalogue, the contents page and the index of non-fiction books. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/3/) — To check whether a book is right for you, read the first page: if there are more than about five words you do not know, it may be too hard for now, and if you stop enjoying a book after a few chapters, you can choose another. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/4/) — A boy in Wellington gets his own library card from the public library with his mum; now he can borrow many books for free and only buys the ones he loves. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/5/) — You scan or sign a library book out and return it by the due date, because others are waiting for it. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/6/) — If you need a library book for longer, you can ask to renew it, which means borrowing it again for more time. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/7/) — A library book is kept dry, clean and away from food, and you use a bookmark instead of folding pages. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/8/) — You never write, draw or highlight in a library book, because it belongs to everyone. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/9/) — If you lose or damage a library book, you tell the librarian honestly; hiding it is worse than paying for it. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/10/) — If a first page has more than about five words you do not know, the book may be too hard for now. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/11/) — It is fine to stop reading a book you do not enjoy and choose another. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/12/) — For a project, you find facts with the library catalogue (the list of all the library's books that shows which shelf each is on), non-fiction books and their index (the list of topics at the back, with page numbers) and contents pages. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/13/) — Fiction is made-up stories; non-fiction gives true information. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/14/) — Borrowing books from the public library is free, and a parent can help you get your own library card. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/15/) — On World Book Day or in Book Week you can dress as a book character or share a favourite book. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/16/) — A boy in Canada climbed the library shelves to reach a book at the top; the shelf tipped and books fell on him, cutting his head. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/17/) — A girl in Wales called Ella borrowed a library book and lost it; the fine and the cost of the book came out of her savings. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/18/) — Tall shelves can tip if climbed, so use the step stool or ask the librarian. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/19/) — A lost or damaged library book has to be paid for, and other readers cannot use it. - ← previous: [The lunchroom and school trips](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/) - next →: [Learning a skill, and coins and notes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)