--- title: Dogs and rabbits in your care — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Dogs and rabbits in your care», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Looking after a dog or a rabbit means knowing what its body needs and what can hurt it, and telling an adult quickly when something is wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/) [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/) / Dogs and rabbits in your care # Dogs and rabbits in your care Lesson 62 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/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/0/) — Looking after a dog or a rabbit means knowing what its body needs and what can hurt it, and telling an adult quickly when something is wrong. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/1/) — A dog is strong and fast: a big dog can pull a child over or into a road, and a dog that runs off can be hit by a car, so walks and time off the lead need care. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/2/) — A rabbit is a gentle animal with a fragile back and teeth that never stop growing; it needs hay to chew, space to hop and a rabbit friend to live with. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/3/) — Animals show us how they feel: a rabbit that thumps its back foot is warning of danger, and a rabbit that leaps and twists in the air, called a binky, is happy. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/4/) — A boy in Wellington hears thunder and finds his dog shaking under the bed. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/5/) — He does not drag it out; he stays calm nearby, shuts the doors and windows and lets it hide until the storm passes. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/6/) — A family in Florida walked their dog at midday on hot pavement; its paw pads were burnt and blistered, and it limped for weeks. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/7/) — A girl in Wales kept her rabbit alone in a small hutch in the sun with no shade; on a hot day the rabbit got heatstroke and died. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/8/) — A child walks a big or strong dog only with an adult, because it can pull a child over or into a road. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/9/) — A dog is let off the lead only where it is allowed and only if it comes back when called. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/10/) — Sticks can splinter and stab a dog's mouth or throat, so a ball or rubber toy is safer to throw. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/11/) — Loud noises like thunder and fireworks (on New Year's Eve or Bonfire Night in Britain) frighten many dogs, and a scared dog may run away. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/12/) — A dog in pain may bite even its own family, so an adult must handle an ill or injured dog. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/13/) — Gentle brushing in the direction the fur grows removes loose hair and lets you check for ticks and lumps; a tick is a tiny blood-sucking bug that clings to the skin and feels like a small round lump. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/14/) — A dog that eats medicine, a sock or other wrong things may need a vet, so you tell an adult straight away. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/15/) — You hold a rabbit by supporting its bottom and back legs and keep it low, because a fall or a kick can break its back. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/16/) — Rabbits are social animals that need a rabbit friend and lots of space to hop and run. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/17/) — A rabbit should eat mostly hay with some fresh greens; carrots are sugary and only a treat. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/18/) — A rabbit thumps its back foot as a warning that it senses danger. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/19/) — A happy rabbit jumps and twists in the air; this is called a binky. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/20/) — Rabbit teeth keep growing all their lives and are worn down by chewing hay. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/22/) — Rabbits get heatstroke easily and can die in hot sun without shade and water. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/23/) — Pavement in hot sun can be hot enough to burn a dog's paws. - ← previous: [Cats and dogs up close](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/) - next →: [Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)