--- title: Cats and dogs up close — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Cats and dogs up close», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Cats and dogs cannot talk, but they tell us how they feel with their tails, ears, faces and bodies, and a good friend to animals learns to read th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/) [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/) / Cats and dogs up close # Cats and dogs up close Lesson 61 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 24 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/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/0/) — Cats and dogs cannot talk, but they tell us how they feel with their tails, ears, faces and bodies, and a good friend to animals learns to read these signals. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/2/) — In both cases you stop and give the animal space. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/3/) — Many things people do out of love feel frightening to animals: a hug around a dog's neck feels like a trap, and a face pushed close to a dog's face is how many bites to children happen. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/4/) — Some old beliefs are wrong and can hurt pets: cats do not always land safely on their feet, most grown cats get tummy upsets from cow's milk, and cooked bones are dangerous for dogs. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/5/) — A girl in Colorado meets a strange cat on the sidewalk. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/6/) — She holds a finger out low and waits; the cat sniffs it and rubs its cheek on her hand, and only then does she stroke it gently. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/7/) — A boy in Ohio tried to take a bone away from his dog while it was eating; the dog snapped and bit his hand, and he needed stitches. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/8/) — A family in Leeds kept lilies in a vase where their cat could reach; the cat chewed a leaf, its kidneys began to fail and it needed days of treatment at the vet. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/9/) — A cat that swishes, lashes or thumps its tail while being stroked is annoyed and may soon scratch or bite, so you stop and let it walk away. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/10/) — A cat that rubs against your legs is leaving its scent on you, a friendly way of saying you belong to it. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/11/) — You let a strange cat sniff a finger held low and stroke it only if it rubs against you. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/12/) — Most adult cats cannot digest the sugar in milk well, so cats should drink fresh water, not cow's milk. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/13/) — Cats can be badly hurt in falls, so you never drop or throw a cat and keep windows and balconies safe. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/14/) — A kitten should play with a wand toy, not your fingers, or it learns that hands are toys and bites harder when grown. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/15/) — A cat that stops eating, or keeps going to the litter box without passing anything, may be seriously ill and needs a vet quickly. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/16/) — The litter box is scooped every day and hands are washed after, because cat droppings can carry germs such as toxoplasma; pregnant women should not clean it. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/17/) — Most dogs feel trapped when hugged, so you stroke a dog's chest or side and keep your face away from its face. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/18/) — Yawning, lip licking and turning the head away are calm-down signals that show a dog feels uneasy. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/19/) — A guide dog or assistance dog in a harness is working, so you do not stroke, call or feed it. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/21/) — Cooked bones splinter and can choke a dog or hurt its insides. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/22/) — If a pavement is too hot for the back of your hand after a few seconds, it can burn a dog's paws. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/23/) — Many dog bites happen when someone touches a dog while it is eating, sleeping or chewing a toy. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/24/) — If a dog has something in its mouth it should not, you never grab it out; you swap it for a treat or get an adult. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/25/) — Lilies are very poisonous to cats, and even a small amount can make them seriously ill. - ← previous: [Thinking cleverly about people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/) - next →: [Dogs and rabbits in your care](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)