--- title: Why do Australians put a firm bandage over a snake bite and keep the… — Snakes, spiders and scorpions · tree and pragmatics description: Why do Australians put a firm bandage over a snake bite and keep the limb still? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Snakes, spiders and scorpions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Snakes, spiders and scorpions Why do Australians put a firm bandage over a snake bite and keep the limb still? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Australians · **What happens:** put, keep · **To what, where:** firm bandage, snake bite, limb This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t8:1 # text = Why do Australians put a firm bandage over a snake bite and keep the limb still? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Australians Australian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bandage bandage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 limb limb NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present · do-support | Australians | a firm bandage | | a snake bite | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bandage=Theme over bite=Destination | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | Australians *not said here* | the limb | | | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limb=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It stops the bite from itching ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t8:o1:1 # text = It stops the bite from itching 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 itching itching NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | It | the bite | | itching | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer bite=Beneficiary from itching=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} It squeezes all the venom back out of the bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t8:o2:1 # text = It squeezes all the venom back out of the bite 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 squeezes squeeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | present | It | all venom | | the bite | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent venom=Theme out bite=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It slows the venom spreading through the body ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t8:o3:1 # text = It slows the venom spreading through the body 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slows slow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 spreading spread VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slow** | present | It | the venom | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent venom=Patient | | 2 | **spread** | gerund | the venom *not said here* | | | the body | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through body=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It keeps the snake from coming back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions:t8:o4:1 # text = It keeps the snake from coming back 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | the snake | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme | | 2 | **come back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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