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title: snake bit my brother, tv says suck the poison out — Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours · tree and pragmatics
description: snake bit my brother, tv says suck the poison out Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
snake bit my brother, tv says suck the poison out

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snake, tv · **What happens:** bite, say, suck out · **To what, where:** brother, poison · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t12:1
# text = snake bit my brother, tv says suck the poison out
1	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	tv	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	suck	suck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | snake | my brother |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | tv |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **suck out** | infinitive |  | the poison |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cut the bite so the poison drains out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t12:o1:1
# text = Cut the bite so the poison drains out
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drains	drain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bite |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bite=Product |
| 2 | **drain out** | present | the poison |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make him run to the nearest house for help, quick as he can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t12:o2:1
# text = Make him run to the nearest house for help, quick as he can
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the nearest house *result*; for help | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, call the emergency number and keep him calm and still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t12:o3:1
# text = No, call the emergency number and keep him calm and still
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | the emergency number |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, suck it out as fast as you can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, suck it out as fast as you can
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	suck	suck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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