--- title: Windows, balconies and furniture — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Windows, balconies and furniture», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Many injuries at home come from falls and from heavy things falling on children, so windows, balconies and furniture need care. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/) [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/) / Windows, balconies and furniture # Windows, balconies and furniture Lesson 110 of the everyday 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/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/0/) — Many injuries at home come from falls and from heavy things falling on children, so windows, balconies and furniture need care. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/1/) — A tall bookshelf or chest of drawers can tip over when a child climbs it or pulls out its drawers, which is why grown-ups fix tall furniture to the wall. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/2/) — Height makes things dangerous: a fall from a window or a top bunk hurts badly, and even a small object dropped from a balcony can seriously hurt someone below. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/3/) — For example, a girl in a New York apartment never sits on the windowsill and keeps her desk away from the window, so she cannot climb up and fall. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/4/) — Never lean out of an upstairs window or sit on a windowsill, and keep furniture away from windows. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/5/) — Falls from windows badly hurt or kill children every year. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/6/) — Blind cords should be tied up high or wound on a cleat (a small hook fixed high on the wall), because a young child can get one around the neck and strangle. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/8/) — Never throw or drop anything from a balcony, because a falling object can seriously hurt someone below. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/9/) — Never stand on a chair or climb anything on a balcony, because you could fall over the railing. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/10/) — Never climb furniture, because it can tip over and crush a child. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/11/) — Sit with all four chair legs on the floor, because a tipped chair slips and you hit your head. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/12/) — Jump only where it is allowed, never near windows or sharp corners. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/13/) — Only one person goes on the top bunk, using the ladder, with no play on top, and children under six should not sleep there. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/14/) — Toddlers fall against the sharp corners of tables, so they need watching and grown-ups can fit corner guards. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/15/) — Pull drawers gently and only partly, because a heavy drawer can fall out and many open drawers can tip the chest. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/16/) — Keep fingers clear of the folding parts of recliners and folding chairs, because they pinch and crush. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/18/) — A girl in Texas climbed a tall bookcase to reach a toy; it tipped over onto her, and she was trapped under it until her dad lifted it off. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/19/) — Window screens keep insects out but cannot hold the weight of a child. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/20/) — Tall furniture and TVs that are not fixed to the wall can tip over and crush small children. - ← previous: [Baths, water at home and doors](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/) - next →: [Chores and broken things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)