--- title: Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night», a lesson of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some scary moments come back at night like a film you can't switch off: the shout, the smoke, the ba --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/) [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/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/) / Chased, trapped, frightened: scary mom… # Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night Lesson 7 of the reflection course of Mova's primary school: 18 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/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/0/) — Some scary moments come back at night like a film you can't switch off: the shout, the smoke, the bang, played again in the dark with a "what if" stuck on the end. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/1/) — Kai was chased home by three older boys shouting that they would batter him (beat him up); they didn't catch him, but in bed he thought, "They know where I live now. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/2/) — What if they're waiting tomorrow?" - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/3/) — The next day he faked a tummy ache, and for two weeks he took long secret detours that made him feel hunted; the fear was real and sensible, because being chased is real danger, but hiding it alone made it grow. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/5/) — Knowing what to do next time, like the family fire plan or the emergency number, turns "I was helpless" into "I'd know what to do", and that is one of the best ways to quieten a scary memory. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/6/) — Fear after being chased or threatened is the body doing its job; hiding it alone usually makes it grow. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/7/) — Grown-ups can do things a child can't, like talking to a school, other parents or the police, so a threat should be told to a trusted adult the same day. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/8/) — After a fire the brain can stay on alert; making a family fire plan and testing the smoke alarm together help the fear come down. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/9/) — The fire safety rule is "get out, stay out, call the fire service"; the emergency number is 999 in the UK, 911 in the US and Canada, 000 in Australia and 112 across Europe. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/10/) — Seeing a parent collapse is very scary; knowing how to call the emergency number and what to say helps children feel less helpless. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/11/) — Paramedics are the trained helpers who come in an ambulance. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/12/) — Fairground rides are checked often and are very safe, but a fright like being stuck at the top can stick for weeks. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/13/) — A seizure is a sudden burst of electrical activity in the brain that can make the body shake; epilepsy is a condition that can cause seizures, and people usually recover afterwards. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/14/) — Getting hurt in front of people adds embarrassment to pain; flinching when a ball comes near is normal for a while afterwards. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/15/) — A "hit and run" is when someone hurts you and leaves; grown-ups can report it, and the unfairness often hurts as much as the scrape. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/16/) — Many scary online videos are hoaxes, fake stories made to frighten kids and get views; they say things like "your town" to feel real. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/17/) — Locking someone in a dark place "as a joke" is not a joke if they panic; claustrophobia is a fear of small, closed spaces. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/7-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night/18/) — Waiting for news about someone in hospital is very hard; most operations go fine, and the fear comes from love. - ← previous: [Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/6-bitten-lost-hurt-when-fear-stays-after-the-danger/) - next →: [Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/8-scary-things-in-the-world-news-strangers-war-and-what-ifs/) - ↑ back to [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/)