--- title: How to say stop — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «How to say stop», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: I don't like that.» It came out as a squeak. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/) [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/) / How to say stop # How to say stop Lesson 388 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 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/388-how-to-say-stop/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/1/) — I don't like that.» It came out as a squeak. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/2/) — She tried again, standing tall, looking herself in the eye, saying it slowly and loudly. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/3/) — She felt silly, but she kept practising. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/4/) — The next morning, when Tom tugged her ponytail in the line, she turned round and said it exactly like in the mirror. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/5/) — Tom let go at once. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/6/) — The day after, Tom tried again and Lily said «stop». - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/7/) — «You're no fun,» he moaned. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/8/) — Lily wobbled for a second, then said: «I'm fun, but this isn't.» A «stop» doesn't need a long reason; it is reason enough. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/9/) — When another boy pretended not to hear her, she said it louder, then walked straight to Mrs Okafor. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/10/) — «I said stop and he didn't,» she told her, worried it was telling tales. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/12/) — Stop works for other people too. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/13/) — When a boy flicked Sam's ear, Sam said «stop» in a shaky voice, and his friends said it with him: «Stop.» The boy stopped. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/16/) — The bravest stop of the week came from Tom himself. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/17/) — His friends dared him to pull Lily's hair again, and he said: «Stop it, I'm not doing that.» They were so surprised that they stopped daring him. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/18/) — In the end the class made a rule and stuck it on the wall: «When someone says stop, we stop.» - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/19/) — «Stop» or «no» is a complete answer; it does not need a good reason. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/20/) — Saying stop clearly works best: stand tall, look at the person, use a steady, loud voice. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/21/) — Practising a stop at home makes it come out strong when you need it. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/22/) — A stop is stronger when friends repeat it. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/23/) — Saying stop is often better than pushing, and it doesn't get you into trouble. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/24/) — If someone doesn't stop, the next step is to move away and tell an adult. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/25/) — Telling an adult that someone ignored your stop is not telling tales. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/26/) — Pretending not to hear a stop is still not stopping. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/27/) — You can say stop to your own friends when they dare you to do something unkind. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/28/) — When someone says stop to you, the right thing is to stop at once, even in a game. - ← previous: [Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily/) - next →: [Boys who look at Maddie oddly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)