--- title: Crash forces, school buses and public buses — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Crash forces, school buses and public buses», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In a crash the forces are so strong that no arms can hold a child, which is why every child needs their own belt or seat. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/) [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/) / Crash forces, school buses and public… # Crash forces, school buses and public buses Lesson 269 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/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/0/) — In a crash the forces are so strong that no arms can hold a child, which is why every child needs their own belt or seat. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/1/) — A bus is big and tall, so its driver cannot see a child who bends down close to it, and the bus hides children from cars and cars from children. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/2/) — That is why you never pick up something you dropped near the bus — you tell the driver first — and you cross only when the bus has left and you can see the road clearly. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/3/) — On a public bus you have the fare or card ready, you press the button or pull the cord before your stop, and you share the small space kindly. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/4/) — A girl in London falls asleep on the bus and wakes up one stop too late; she gets off at the next stop, phones her mum and walks back — nothing to be ashamed of. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/5/) — In a crash nobody can hold a child with their arms, because the forces are far stronger than any arms. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/6/) — If you drop something near the school bus, you never bend down to pick it up; you tell the driver first, because the driver may not see you. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/7/) — Bullying on the bus is told to the driver, a teacher or a parent, because adults should stop it. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/8/) — When you get off, you make sure bag straps, drawstrings and loose clothes do not catch on the handrail or door. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/9/) — You have the fare, a travel card or a contactless card ready before getting on, to keep the line moving. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/10/) — You press the stop button or pull the cord before your stop, because the driver will not stop unless someone asks. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/11/) — Smelly food is eaten after you get off, because others share the small space. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/12/) — After getting off you wait until the bus has left and you can see the road clearly before crossing. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/13/) — If you miss your stop, you get off at the next one, tell the driver if needed and phone a parent. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/14/) — On the top deck of a double-decker you stay seated and hold the rail on the stairs, because the stairs move with the bus. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/15/) — A girl in Texas bent down to pick up a pencil by the front wheel of her school bus; the driver could not see her, the bus moved off and she was badly hurt. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/16/) — A boy in Leeds ran across the road from behind his bus to catch up with a friend; a van passing the bus could not see him in time and hit him, and he spent weeks in hospital with a broken leg. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/17/) — Most children hurt around school buses are hit outside the bus, near its front or sides, not inside it. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/18/) — A child stepping out from behind a stopped bus is hidden from drivers until the very last moment, so a driver has no time to stop. - ← previous: [In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts/) - next →: [Trains, the Underground and subways](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/270-trains-and-subways/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)