--- title: Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Fire and water give us lots of fun outdoors, and both can hurt quickly. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/) [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/) / Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, flo… # Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows Lesson 300 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 29 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/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/0/) — Fire and water give us lots of fun outdoors, and both can hurt quickly. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/1/) — Most accidents happen in a moment: a trip near a fire, a slip on wet stones, a push into a pool. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/2/) — Around a campfire, stay outside a safe circle, about three big steps away, and never run near it. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/3/) — For a small burn, cool it under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell a grown-up; ice or butter make burns worse. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/4/) — Water is heavier than it looks. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/5/) — Fast floodwater only as deep as your ankle and shin (about 15 cm or 6 inches) can knock a person over, and water about 30 cm (one foot) deep can float a car. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/6/) — "Turn around, don't drown." - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/7/) — Example: a girl in Florida at a friend's house sees the pool on a hot afternoon, but the grown-ups are inside. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/8/) — She waits, because most child drownings happen in home pools when no one is watching, and drowning is quick and quiet. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/9/) — A rainbow forms when sunlight bends and splits inside raindrops. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/10/) — To see one, stand with the Sun behind you and look towards the rain. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/11/) — A rainbow is not a thing in one place, so you can never reach its end. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/12/) — Stay about three big steps away from a campfire and never run around it, because you can trip and fall in. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/13/) — Roast marshmallows with a long stick or fork, at the side of the flames, and blow the marshmallow out if it catches fire. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/14/) — Burning marshmallow sticks to skin and burns badly. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/15/) — Cool a small burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell a grown-up; ice or butter make it worse. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/16/) — Only cross a river where there is a bridge, or with a grown-up who says it is safe; wet stones and logs are slippery. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/17/) — Cross on the bridge, not on its railings, and never jump off a bridge into water, because there may be rocks or shallow water. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/18/) — Take all your litter home from the beach, including bottle caps and small bits of plastic, because plastic in the sea kills turtles, birds and fish. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/19/) — Walk, never run, around a pool, because the wet floor is slippery and falls onto hard tiles cause head injuries. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/20/) — Never push, dunk or hold anyone under water, even in fun; people can hit the side, swallow water and drown. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/21/) — Never go in or near a pool without a grown-up watching; most child drownings happen in home pools when no one is watching. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/22/) — If floodwater covers a road or path, turn around; never walk, ride or drive through it. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/23/) — About 15 cm (6 inches) of moving water can knock a person down, and about 30 cm (1 foot) can float a car. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/24/) — To see a rainbow, stand with the Sun behind you and look towards the rain; you can never reach its end, because the rainbow moves as you move. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/25/) — A boy in Canada ran around the campfire playing tag and tripped; his hand landed in the embers and he needed treatment for burns for weeks. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/26/) — Two teenagers in Ireland jumped off a bridge into a river on a hot day; the cold water shocked one of them, and he drowned before his friend could reach him. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/27/) — Cold water can make the body gasp and muscles stop working, even in strong swimmers. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/28/) — Rivers can be deep and fast just beneath a calm surface. - ← previous: [Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/) - next →: [Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)