--- title: Money in town and staying safe in crowds — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Money in town and staying safe in crowds», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A cash machine (an ATM in the USA, a cashpoint in the UK) asks for a secret number called a PIN. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/) [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/) / Money in town and staying safe in crowds # Money in town and staying safe in crowds Lesson 276 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/1/) — A cash machine (an ATM in the USA, a cashpoint in the UK) asks for a secret number called a PIN. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/2/) — Use it with an adult, and cover the keypad with your other hand, because people nearby or a hidden camera could watch the PIN. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/3/) — Big crowds at festivals, matches, parades and fireworks are exciting, but it is very easy to get separated. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/4/) — Before you go in, agree a meeting point with your adult, and wear a wristband with their phone number so staff can call them. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/5/) — Example: a boy in Manchester loses his dad at a big match. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/6/) — He stays calm, goes to a steward in a bright jacket and shows his wristband. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/7/) — The steward calls the number, and his dad arrives in five minutes. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/8/) — If a crowd starts pushing, move sideways towards the edge where there is space, keep your arms up in front of your chest, and know where the nearest exit is. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/9/) — Keep money in a zipped pocket or a closed wallet, because it is harder to lose or steal. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/10/) — Use a cash machine only with an adult, and cover the keypad so nobody can watch the PIN. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/11/) — A PIN is a secret number; anyone who sees it and gets the card can take money. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/12/) — If someone asks for money in the street, stay with your adult and let them decide; it is not your job to decide. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/13/) — At a big crowd, hold an adult's hand and agree a meeting point before you go in, because it is easy to get lost. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/14/) — A wristband with a parent's phone number lets staff call your parent if you get lost. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/15/) — If you get lost at an event, go to the meeting point or ask a steward, a police officer or a staff member in uniform. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/16/) — When a crowd pushes, move to the side towards space; a crowd squeezing too tightly can crush people. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/17/) — At a firework display, stand behind the barrier, because fireworks can burn and injure people who are too close. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/18/) — Know where the nearest exit is at events, because it helps you get out quickly in an emergency. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/19/) — A girl in Manchester kept her money in an open back pocket at a fair; when she went to pay for a ride, it was gone, and she spent the evening watching others. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/20/) — At a big concert in Australia a boy got pushed into the crowd and lost his parents; because they had agreed to meet at the first-aid tent, he walked there and they found him in ten minutes. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/21/) — In a tight crowd a person can be squeezed so hard that breathing becomes difficult, which is why you move to the side when a crowd starts to push. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/22/) — Pickpockets look for open bags and back pockets in busy places, because money there is easy to take. - ← previous: [Railway crossings, maps and addresses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/) - next →: [Covering up, false alarms and playing fair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/277-covering-up-false-alarms-and-fair-play/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)