--- title: Kitchen and garden dangers — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Kitchen and garden dangers», a lesson of the technology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The kitchen and the garden are full of machines that cut, spin or get very hot, which is exactly why they are so useful, and exactly why the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/) [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/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/) / Kitchen and garden dangers # Kitchen and garden dangers Lesson 15 of the technology course of Mova's primary school: 18 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/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/0/) — The kitchen and the garden are full of machines that cut, spin or get very hot, which is exactly why they are so useful, and exactly why they can hurt. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/1/) — A blade that chops carrots in a second will chop a finger just as fast; a pan that boils pasta will scald skin just as well. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/2/) — Most accidents happen in an ordinary moment: a toddler pulls a dangling cable, a cup of tea is left at the edge of the table, a stone flies out from under the mower. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/3/) — So these machines come with simple rules, and the most important word in them is «never»: never hands in, never alone, never close by while it runs. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/4/) — Knowing why the rules exist makes you the one who spots the danger and tells a grown-up. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/5/) — A blender spins sharp blades thousands of times a minute; it only works with its lid locked on, and an adult unplugs it before cleaning. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/6/) — A food processor or mincer has a narrow feed tube on purpose, so a hand cannot fit; food is pushed in with the pusher, never with fingers. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/7/) — A sharp knife cuts by putting all your push onto a tiny edge; a blunt knife is more dangerous because it slips, and nobody tries to catch a falling knife. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/8/) — Children use knives only with an adult, cutting on a board and away from themselves. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/9/) — Hobs and pans stay hot long after they are switched off, so pan handles are turned inward and nobody reaches over a hob. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/10/) — Many burns to small children happen in the kitchen, from pulled-down pans and cups of hot drink. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/11/) — A hot drink can still scald a small child about a quarter of an hour after it was made, so it is kept away from table edges and never passed over a baby. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/12/) — An iron stays hot long after it is switched off, and a dangling cable can be pulled so that the iron falls. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/13/) — A lawnmower blade can spin about fifty times a second and can throw stones, so children stay indoors or far away while it runs and never ride on or near a ride-on mower. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/14/) — A strimmer's nylon string spins so fast it cuts like a blade and throws stones and bits, which is why gardeners wear goggles and everyone else stays well away. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/15/) — Bleach and other cleaners are strong chemicals; they are never drunk, sniffed or mixed, because mixing some cleaners makes a poisonous gas. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/16/) — Some cleaners have a bitter taste added to stop people swallowing them, and they are kept locked away from small children. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/17/) — A shredder's blades can catch fingers, hair, ties and sleeves; many have a slot too thin for a small child's fingers, and children do not use one alone. - ← previous: [Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/14-electricity-at-home/) - next →: [Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/16-electricity-dangers/) - ↑ back to [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/)