--- title: What the numbers on the box mean — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «What the numbers on the box mean», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In the shop Kai pointed at a big red 18 on a game box. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/) [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/) / What the numbers on the box mean # What the numbers on the box mean Lesson 400 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 32 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/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/0/) — In the shop Kai pointed at a big red 18 on a game box. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/1/) — «Does that mean it takes eighteen hours?» His mum laughed so loudly that a man in the next aisle turned round. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/2/) — She explained: it is an age rating. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/3/) — PEGI 18 means the game is for adults, because of what is in it, not how long it lasts or how hard it is. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/4/) — Ruby made the opposite mistake: she refused a PEGI 7 game as babyish, and it turned out to be a fiendish puzzle game that beat her dad. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/5/) — Different countries use different labels. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/6/) — In the UK and most of Europe it is PEGI, with the numbers 3, 7, 12, 16 and 18. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/7/) — Priya's uncle in America sent a photo of the same game with ESRB M on it, which means Mature, for about 17 and up. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/8/) — Two systems, one idea. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/9/) — When Theo told the class PEGI stands for «Pretty Evil Games Inside», everyone laughed, and Mrs Okafor laughed too, then wrote the real name on the board: Pan European Game Information. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/10/) — Nobody ever forgot it, thanks to Theo. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/11/) — Noah said ratings were just to stop kids having fun. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/12/) — His dad turned the box over and showed him the little pictures that say why a game got its number: a fist for violence, a speech bubble for bad language, a spider for scary content. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/13/) — A rating is not random; it tells you what is inside. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/14/) — Zara asked why a cartoon game with blood was 16 when a film with blood was 12. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/15/) — Her mum said that in a game you are the one doing it, again and again, and that changes how it feels. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/17/) — His aunt said 15 is still 15, and the cousin went red. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/18/) — Jayden found it annoying that his mum checked every rating, and felt babied, as if he were the only one, until he discovered Leo's parents checked too; Leo just never said. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/20/) — Leo, invited to play a horror game, said «It's rated 16, I'm not allowed» in a very relieved voice. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/21/) — Later he admitted he simply did not like scary things. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/23/) — You never need a rule to say no to something you do not like. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/24/) — The number on a game box is an age rating: it says who the game is suitable for, not how long or hard it is. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/25/) — PEGI, which stands for Pan European Game Information, is used in the UK, Ireland and most of Europe. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/26/) — The PEGI ages are 3, 7, 12, 16 and 18. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/27/) — In the USA and Canada games are rated by the ESRB; M means Mature, suitable for about 17 and up. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/28/) — Small pictures on the box, such as a fist for violence or a spider for fear, show why a game got its rating. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/29/) — A low rating means suitable for younger players; it does not mean easy, boring or babyish. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/30/) — Age ratings count your real age, not how grown-up you feel. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/31/) — In a game the player does the actions over and over, which is one reason games can be rated differently from films. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/32/) — Most consoles have parental controls that can block games above a chosen age rating. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/33/) — Many families check game ratings, even if children do not talk about it. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/400-what-the-numbers-on-the-box-mean/34/) — You can say «I don't want to play that» without needing a rule as an excuse. - ← previous: [Left out without a console](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/) - next →: [Fighting games at a friend's house](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/401-fighting-games-at-a-friends/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)