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title: my cousin reckons if a snake bites u, u suck the poison out like in… — Snakes, spiders and scorpions · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin reckons if a snake bites u, u suck the poison out like in the films Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions

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my cousin reckons if a snake bites u, u suck the poison out like in the films

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, snake, u · **What happens:** reckon, bite, suck out · **To what, where:** u, poison

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This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Snakes, spiders and scorpions» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t18:1
# text = my cousin reckons if a snake bites u, u suck the poison out like in the films
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	suck	suck	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bite** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a snake | u |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
| 3 | **suck out** | present | u | the poison |  |  |  | like the films | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent poison=Source |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, sucking removes the venom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t18:o1:1
# text = He is right, sucking removes the venom
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sucking	suck	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
6	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **suck** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **remove** | present |  | the venom |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, but only for small snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, but only for small snakes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | for small snakes; right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, if you then tie a tight cord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, if you then tie a tight cord
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	tie	tie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tie** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a tight cord |  |  | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Wrong; never cut or suck a bite, keep the person still and call the emergency number

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t18:o4:1
# text = Wrong; never cut or suck a bite, keep the person still and call the emergency number
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	suck	suck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cut** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **suck** | infinitive |  | a bite |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bite=Source |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive |  | the person |  |  | still |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 4 | **call** | infinitive |  | the emergency number |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |

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