--- title: Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Even something small dropped from a balcony falls fast and can badly hurt a person below, so nothing is ever thrown or d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/) [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/) / Balconies, blades, batteries and stran… # Balconies, blades, batteries and strange bottles Lesson 218 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 21 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/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/0/) — Even something small dropped from a balcony falls fast and can badly hurt a person below, so nothing is ever thrown or dropped from a height. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/1/) — Sharp things are carried and passed safely: child scissors closed and pointing down, handle first; grown-ups' razors and box cutters are not for children, and a used needle found outside is never touched. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/2/) — A button battery swallowed by a small child can burn through the throat within about two hours, so it means going to hospital at once. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/3/) — Medicines are medicine, not candy, and an unknown liquid in an old drink bottle may be a chemical; you never drink it. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/4/) — A boy in Brisbane hears his toddler sister go quiet in the next room; he checks and finds her opening the remote control, and takes the battery away. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/5/) — Never throw or drop anything from a balcony, because a falling object can seriously hurt someone below. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/6/) — When clearing the table, carry a few plates at a time, scrape leftovers into the bin or food caddy and stack them by the sink. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/7/) — Carry scissors closed with the points down, and pass them handle first. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/8/) — Children never use or play with grown-ups' razors, because the blades are extremely sharp. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/9/) — A grown-up opens parcels with a craft knife or box cutter, because the blades slip easily. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/10/) — A used needle or syringe found outside is never touched, because it can carry dangerous infections; you tell a grown-up. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/11/) — A quiet toddler is often getting into something dangerous, so you go and check. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/12/) — A swallowed button battery means going to hospital immediately. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/13/) — Strong magnets are kept away from bank cards and electronics. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/14/) — Medicine should be called medicine, never candy or sweets. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/15/) — People sometimes keep chemicals in old drink bottles, so you never drink from a bottle you are not sure of. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/16/) — Children's medicines have special doses, so you ask a grown-up before taking any. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/17/) — A toddler in New York climbed onto a chair by an open window; she fell from the second floor and was badly hurt, which is why window guards are now law in many flats there. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/18/) — A little boy swallowed a button battery from a remote control; within two hours it burned a hole in his throat, and he needed many operations. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/19/) — Falls from windows and balconies badly injure many young children every year, often when furniture is pushed near them. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/20/) — A swallowed button battery can burn through the throat in about two hours, so it is always an emergency. - ← previous: [Kitchen tools, the freezer, plugs and doors](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/217-kitchen-freezer-plugs-and-doors/) - next →: [Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)