--- title: Buses, trains and being seen — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Buses, trains and being seen», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Getting on and off buses and trains is a time when children are close to big vehicles whose drivers cannot see everything, so you wait well --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/) [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/) / Buses, trains and being seen # Buses, trains and being seen Lesson 43 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/0/) — Getting on and off buses and trains is a time when children are close to big vehicles whose drivers cannot see everything, so you wait well back until the vehicle has stopped. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/1/) — In the USA and Canada, a stopped school bus with flashing red lights and its stop sign arm out means traffic must stop; you cross in front of the bus, several big steps ahead where the driver can see you, and never behind it. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/2/) — On a train platform you stand behind the yellow or white line, let people off before you get on, and mind the gap between the train and the platform. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/3/) — At night a driver sees a child in dark clothes very late; reflective strips shine the headlights straight back to the driver, so a boy in Alaska walking home in winter darkness with a reflective band can be seen from far away. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/4/) — In daylight, bright fluorescent colours help you stand out; at night it is reflective material and lights that work. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/5/) — A boy in Texas ran around the front of his school bus to cross the road; a car passing the bus did not stop, and it hit him. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/6/) — A girl in Scotland walked along a country road at night in dark clothes; a driver saw her only at the last moment and nearly hit her. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/7/) — You wait for a bus well back from the edge of the road until it has fully stopped. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/8/) — The area all around a school bus where the driver cannot see you well is called the danger zone. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/9/) — You cross in front of a school bus, far enough ahead that the driver can see you, never behind it. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/10/) — Before you cross in front of a school bus, you look at the driver and wait for a wave or nod that it is safe. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/11/) — In the USA and Canada, traffic must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and its stop arm out. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/12/) — On a moving bus you stay seated, or hold on tight if you must stand. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/13/) — On a train platform you stand behind the yellow or white safety line. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/14/) — A fast train rushing past pushes and pulls the air, which can drag someone standing too close to the edge. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/15/) — You let passengers get off a train or bus before you get on. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/16/) — Reflective material sends a car's headlight beam back towards the driver. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/17/) — Fluorescent colours show up best in daylight and do little at night. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/18/) — Where there is no pavement, you walk facing the oncoming traffic, so you can see it coming. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/19/) — A bike ridden at night needs a white light at the front and a red light at the back. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/20/) — If you are separated from your adult on a train or at a station, you tell a member of staff. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/21/) — Drivers see someone in dark clothes at night much later than someone wearing bright or reflective things. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/22/) — A train can take more than a mile to stop, so it cannot stop for someone on the track; you cross railway lines only by a bridge or a proper crossing. - ← previous: [Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars/) - next →: [The beach and the sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)