--- title: Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Being outdoors is wonderful, and a few simple habits keep it safe: watch wild animals from far away, share paths kindly, dress so no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/) [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/) / Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking # Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking Lesson 299 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 27 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/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/0/) — Being outdoors is wonderful, and a few simple habits keep it safe: watch wild animals from far away, share paths kindly, dress so nothing can catch, and know what to do if you get lost. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/1/) — Wild animals, even tame-looking squirrels in a city park, can bite, scratch or kick. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/2/) — Food from people is bad for them, so we watch and never feed or touch. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/3/) — If you lose your group in the woods, the rule is "Hug a tree": stop, stay where you are and call for help. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/4/) — Three blasts on a whistle is a signal that means "I need help". - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/5/) — Searchers find someone who stays put far more easily than someone who keeps walking. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/6/) — Example: a boy in Colorado slips away from his family on a forest trail. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/7/) — He remembers the rule, sits by a big tree and blows his whistle three times every few minutes. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/8/) — His dad, coming back along the trail, finds him within minutes. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/9/) — Edges of cliffs and quarries can crumble without warning, and quarry water is very deep and very cold even on a hot day, so we keep well back. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/10/) — If a squirrel comes close for food, do not feed or touch it; watch it from a distance. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/11/) — Wild animals can bite or scratch, and food from people is bad for them. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/12/) — On a shared park path, ride your bike or scooter slowly, keep to one side, ring your bell and give way to walkers. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/13/) — Walkers, small children and dogs can step in front of a bike without warning. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/14/) — Take off scarves, bike helmets and anything with cords before playing on a climbing frame, because they can catch and strangle a child. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/15/) — Keep off playground equipment covered in ice, because ice is very slippery and falls on it are hard. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/16/) — If you are separated from your group in the woods, stop, stay where you are, hug a tree, and blow a whistle three times or shout. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/17/) — It is easier for searchers to find someone who stays in one place. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/18/) — If you see a deer, fox or other wild animal, stay still and quiet, watch from far away, and never feed or touch it. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/19/) — Tell a grown-up early about a blister and cover it with a plaster or blister pad, before it becomes an open sore. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/20/) — Stay well back from cliff edges and behind any fence, because edges can crumble and a fall can be deadly. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/21/) — Check the trail markers at every junction so you stay on the right path and can find your way back. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/22/) — Keep away from quarries and old mines: do not climb or swim there, because rocks fall and the water is very deep and cold. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/23/) — A boy in Colorado left the trail in the woods to follow a deer; he got lost, and it took searchers all night to find him cold and frightened. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/24/) — A girl in England played on the climbing frame with her scarf on; it caught on a bar as she slid, and a teacher had to free her quickly before it choked her. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/25/) — Cords and scarves caught on playground equipment can strangle a child in seconds. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/26/) — A lost person who stays in one place is found much faster than one who keeps walking. - ← previous: [Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities/) - next →: [Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)