--- title: Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Nature gives warnings, and part of being safe outdoors is reading them: a long, strong earthqua --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/) [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/) / Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… # Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings Lesson 301 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 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/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/0/) — Nature gives warnings, and part of being safe outdoors is reading them: a long, strong earthquake near the sea, a hedge of unknown berries, a cactus, an ant hill, a field of lambs. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/1/) — An earthquake under the sea can push up a huge wave called a tsunami, which may reach the coast within minutes. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/2/) — In New Zealand children learn "Long or strong, get gone": if the shaking is long or strong, go to high ground or inland at once, without waiting for a siren. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/3/) — Many berries look alike, and some are poisonous. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/4/) — Pick only berries a grown-up has identified, from above dog height and away from roads, and wash them before eating. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/5/) — Example: a girl in Queensland sits down on a sandy mound for a picnic. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/6/) — It is a fire ant nest, and within seconds many ants sting her again and again. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/7/) — Now she always checks the ground before she sits. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/8/) — A honeybee's sting has tiny barbs, like a fish hook, so it gets stuck in our skin and the bee usually dies. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/10/) — If the sea suddenly pulls far back from the beach, a tsunami may be coming: go to high ground at once. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/11/) — If an earthquake at the coast is long or strong, go to high ground or inland at once, because a tsunami may follow within minutes. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/12/) — In spring, look at lambs but keep away from them and keep dogs on a lead, because mother sheep may panic and dogs can chase and hurt sheep. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/13/) — Many berries look alike and some are poisonous; pick only berries a grown-up has identified. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/14/) — Pick berries above dog height and away from roads, because low ones may be dirty from dogs and roadside ones polluted by traffic fumes, and wash them before eating. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/15/) — Move carefully near thorny bushes such as roses and brambles, and get a grown-up's help to pull out a thorn. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/16/) — Look at cacti but do not touch them; their spines go into skin and are hard to get out. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/17/) — Keep away from ant hills and never sit on them; fire ants in parts of the USA and Australia sting many times. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/18/) — Speak quietly and leave music at home in nature, because noise frightens animals and disturbs other visitors. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/19/) — A honeybee's sting is barbed and gets stuck in skin, so the bee usually dies after stinging a person. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/20/) — Wasps and bumblebees do not usually die when they sting and can sting more than once. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/21/) — In 2004 a girl on holiday in Thailand saw the sea suddenly pull far back; she remembered a school lesson about tsunamis, warned her family and the beach was cleared before the wave came. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/22/) — A boy in Scotland ate shiny red berries from a bush in the park; he was sick and dizzy, and his mum had to rush him to hospital. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/23/) — Many berries that look like food are poisonous, and young children are poisoned by them every year. - ← previous: [Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/) - next →: [Safe toys and fair board games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)