--- title: Swimming and cycling — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Swimming and cycling», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Swimming is the one sport that can save your life. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Swimming and cycling # Swimming and cycling Lesson 42 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 19 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/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/0/) — Swimming is the one sport that can save your life. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/1/) — There are four strokes, front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, and in England children are meant to swim at least 25 metres by the end of primary school. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/2/) — Water has its own rules: real drowning is often silent, with the head low and no waving, so if someone looks wrong, shout for the lifeguard at once. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/3/) — Never jump in after a person or a dog: call, reach or throw from the bank. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/4/) — Fall into cold water and your body gasps for about a minute, so the RNLI says Float to Live: lean back, spread your arms and legs, and float until your breathing calms, then call for help. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/5/) — On a bike, a level, buckled helmet and brakes that work matter more than looking cool. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/6/) — Picture the ABC check on the drive, Air, Brakes, Chain, then Bikeability training before you ride on the road. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/7/) — The four swimming strokes are front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly; in front crawl the arms do most of the pushing and the legs kick mainly to keep the body flat. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/8/) — In England the school curriculum says children should be able to swim at least 25 metres by the end of primary school. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/9/) — Cold water makes you gasp; getting in slowly lets the body settle, and open water is colder and deeper than a pool and has currents, so swim outdoors only where there are lifeguards. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/10/) — There is no good evidence that swimming after a normal meal makes you drown; after a huge meal a short rest is just for comfort. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/11/) — Stinging eyes and the strong pool smell come mostly from chloramines, made when chlorine mixes with sweat and wee, so shower and use the toilet before you swim. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/12/) — A person who is drowning usually can't shout or wave and can look calm, with the mouth at the water line; tell a lifeguard straight away. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/13/) — People who jump in to rescue someone, or a dog, often get into trouble themselves; call 999 (or 112) and reach or throw something from the bank, and never go in. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/14/) — Cold shock, gasping and fast breathing, lasts about the first minute or two; the RNLI advice is Float to Live: lean back, spread your arms and legs, and float until breathing calms. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/15/) — A bike helmet's foam crushes in a crash so the brain is shaken less; it should sit level, about two fingers above the eyebrows, buckled snugly, and be replaced after a big crash. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/16/) — In the UK the Highway Code advises cyclists to wear a helmet. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/17/) — Worn brake pads or loose cables mean you can't stop in time; the ABC check is Air in the tyres, Brakes and Chain. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/19/) — The big thigh muscles push the pedals down, and you stay balanced mostly through tiny steering movements; moving forward makes balancing easier, and gears help on hills. - ← previous: [Football: positions, rules and scoring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/) - next →: [Running, gymnastics and martial arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)