--- title: Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some people need a seat more than you do: older people, pregnant women, disabled people and people carrying small --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/) [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/) / Good manners on buses and trains, and… # Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things Lesson 225 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/1/) — Some people need a seat more than you do: older people, pregnant women, disabled people and people carrying small babies. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/2/) — Many buses and trains have priority seats near the doors just for them. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/3/) — Politeness never comes before your safety. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/4/) — If a stranger on a bus asks where you live or tries to get too friendly, you do not have to answer; move near the driver or another adult. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/5/) — Borrowing is the same idea at school: things belong to their owner, so you ask first, look after them, give them back, and own up if something goes wrong. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/6/) — Example: a girl in Toronto borrows her friend's new rubber and loses it. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/7/) — She tells her friend straight away, says sorry and buys a new one, and they stay friends. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/8/) — On a crowded bus or train, offer your seat to an older, pregnant or disabled person, because they may need it more than you. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/9/) — Many buses and trains have priority seats for people who find standing hard. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/10/) — A seat is for a person, so put your bag on your lap or the floor when the bus is busy. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/11/) — Eat smelly food before or after a journey, because strong smells bother people in a small space. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/12/) — Move away from the doors into the carriage so people can get on and off. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/13/) — On escalators in London and many big cities, people stand on the right and walk on the left, so people in a hurry can pass. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/14/) — You do not have to answer a stranger's personal questions; if you feel unsafe, move near the driver or another adult. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/15/) — When you have something new, like a game, invite your friend to share it instead of showing off. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/16/) — Always ask «May I borrow…?» and wait for a yes, even for a ruler or a rubber, because the thing is not yours. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/17/) — If you lose or break something you borrowed, tell the owner, say sorry and offer to replace it. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/19/) — Using a classmate's things while they are away from their desk is taking without asking. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/20/) — A girl in Toronto stood too close to the edge of a subway platform; a passing train's draught and the crowd's push made her stumble, and only a stranger grabbing her arm stopped her falling. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/22/) — The edge of a train platform is dangerous; people who fall onto the tracks can be killed by trains or by the electric rail, so you stand behind the yellow line and never go down onto the tracks, even for a dropped phone: you tell the staff. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/23/) — Strangers' private lives are their business: «snogging» is British slang for kissing, and «I'm done with him» means someone is ending a relationship. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/24/) — Damaging something you borrowed and hiding it usually costs more trust than the thing itself. - ← previous: [Quiet places and solemn moments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/) - next →: [Compliments and respecting differences](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)