--- title: Hiking and the outdoors — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Hiking and the outdoors», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Before a walk in the wild you tell someone where you are going and when you will be back, so that if you do not return, people know where to look --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/) [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/) / Hiking and the outdoors # Hiking and the outdoors Lesson 47 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/0/) — Before a walk in the wild you tell someone where you are going and when you will be back, so that if you do not return, people know where to look. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/1/) — On the walk you stay on the trail: it keeps you from getting lost, keeps you away from cliff edges and hidden holes, and protects the plants. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/2/) — You carry water, a snack, a warm or waterproof layer and a whistle, because weather in hills and mountains can change fast and it gets colder the higher you climb. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/3/) — Ticks are tiny animals that wait on long grass and bushes and bite to drink blood; some carry Lyme disease, so a boy hiking in Connecticut wears long trousers tucked into his socks and checks his skin, including behind his knees, in his armpits and in his hair, after the walk. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/4/) — Wild animals and plants are watched, not touched: you keep your distance from animals, never feed them, and you do not pick or eat berries or mushrooms you do not know. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/5/) — Two teenagers in Colorado went hiking without telling anyone where; one hurt an ankle, and because nobody knew their route, it took a whole night for rescuers to find them. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/6/) — A boy in Wales walked to the edge of a cliff for a photo; the ground at the edge crumbled and he fell, and he was rescued by helicopter with a broken leg. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/7/) — Before a hike you tell someone your route and when you will be back. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/8/) — Staying on the trail keeps you from getting lost and protects the plants. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/9/) — It gets colder the higher you climb a mountain. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/10/) — You should carry water, a snack, an extra layer and a whistle on a hike. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/11/) — Three loud blasts on a whistle, then a pause, again and again, is a signal that means you need help. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/12/) — A whistle can be heard much further away than a shout, and blowing it does not tire your voice. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/13/) — Ticks live in long grass and bushes and bite to feed on blood. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/14/) — Some ticks carry Lyme disease, which can make people ill. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/15/) — After walking in long grass you check your skin for ticks, especially in warm, hidden places. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/16/) — An adult removes a tick with fine tweezers, pulling it straight out, close to the skin. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/17/) — Wild berries and mushrooms can be poisonous, so you never eat ones you do not know; birds can eat some berries that poison people, and some poisonous mushrooms look very like shop ones. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/18/) — You should not drink water from streams without treating it first, because even clear, fast water can carry germs you cannot see. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/19/) — You never feed wild animals and you keep a safe distance from them. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/20/) — Telling someone your route and return time means help can start looking for you quickly. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/21/) — Cliff edges can crumble without warning. - ← previous: [Sun safety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/46-sun-safety/) - next →: [Weather emergencies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)