--- title: Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Running, climbing and sliding are great fun, and a few rules stop the accidents that turn fun into a trip to hospital. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/) [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/) / Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rul… # Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports Lesson 304 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/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/0/) — Running, climbing and sliding are great fun, and a few rules stop the accidents that turn fun into a trip to hospital. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/2/) — Ropes, scarves and hoodie cords can catch on climbing frames and strangle a child, and an unanchored soccer goal can tip over and crush someone. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/3/) — Example: a girl in Glasgow and a girl in Chicago both say they love «football». - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/4/) — The Scottish girl means soccer, and the American girl means American football; each sport has its own rules. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/5/) — Sports rules make games fair: in soccer the offside rule stops attackers waiting by the goal, and in cricket a bowler must not bend and straighten the arm like a throw. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/6/) — Come home when the street lights come on or at the agreed time, because drivers cannot see you well in the dark and parents worry. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/7/) — Never run with things in your mouth or sharp things in your hand; a fall can push them into the throat or eye. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/8/) — Carry a pencil or scissors pointing down, and walk. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/9/) — Never tie ropes to playground equipment or climb wearing a scarf or hoodie cords, because they can strangle. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/10/) — «Football» means soccer in the UK, Ireland and most of the world, but American football in the USA and Canada, and often Australian rules or rugby league in Australia. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/11/) — In soccer an attacker is offside if, when a teammate passes the ball forward, he is nearer the other goal than the ball and the second-last defender (the goalkeeper usually counts as one). - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/12/) — Never climb on or hang from a soccer goal; tell an adult if it wobbles, because unanchored goals can fall and crush children. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/13/) — In cricket the bowler must bowl, not throw: the elbow must not bend and straighten as the ball is let go. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/14/) — Take off rings, earrings and necklaces before sport, because they can catch and tear skin. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/15/) — Do not try backflips without a trained coach; landing on the head can cause serious neck injury. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/16/) — Sled sitting up and feet first, on a hill away from roads, trees and ponds; head-first sledding causes injuries. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/17/) — Stop sledding when it gets dark, because you cannot see obstacles. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/18/) — A boy in New Zealand swung on a portable football goal at the park; it tipped over on top of him and broke his collarbone. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/19/) — A girl in Florida ran across the playground with a lollipop in her mouth; she tripped, and the stick cut the back of her throat. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/20/) — Unanchored goals can fall on children, and some have been killed this way. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/21/) — A fall while holding something in the mouth can push it into the throat. - ← previous: [Console games, building, crafts, music and ball games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music/) - next →: [Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)