--- title: Bites, stings and things you find on the ground — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some small creatures bite or sting. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/) [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/) / Bites, stings and things you find on t… # Bites, stings and things you find on the ground Lesson 238 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 24 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/238-bites-and-things-you-find/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/0/) — Some small creatures bite or sting. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/1/) — Mosquitoes come out in the evening; covering your arms and legs and using repellent keeps them off. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/2/) — In Australia, redback and funnel-web spiders hide in shoes and under outdoor toilet seats, so shake shoes and check seats. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/3/) — Things found on the ground can be dangerous even if they look harmless. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/4/) — A needle can carry blood diseases, a bottle may hold a chemical, a firework or flare may still explode, and a rusty nail can cause tetanus if it cuts you. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/5/) — The rule is simple: do not touch, tell a grown-up. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/6/) — If you find money or a wallet, give it to a grown-up so it can go to the police or its owner. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/7/) — When you collect nature treasures for school, take only a few, and only where it is allowed, because some parks and beaches forbid it. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/8/) — Example: a boy in Sydney finds a syringe in the park. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/9/) — He does not touch it, puts his bag next to it to mark the spot and runs to tell his mum, who calls the council to remove it safely. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/10/) — Cover your arms and legs and use repellent in the evening, because mosquito bites itch and in some places carry diseases. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/11/) — In Australia, shake out shoes and check outdoor toilet seats, because redback and funnel-web spiders hide there. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/12/) — Keep away from ant hills and never sit on them, because fire ants in parts of the USA and Australia sting many times. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/13/) — Never touch a needle or syringe you find; mark the spot and tell a grown-up, because needles can carry blood-borne diseases. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/14/) — Never open, smell or drink from a bottle of liquid found outdoors, because it may contain chemicals. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/16/) — Do not pick up a sharp rusty nail with bare hands; tell a grown-up, and tell them if it cut you, because rusty cuts can cause tetanus (also called lockjaw, an illness that makes the muscles go stiff; a doctor can stop it). - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/17/) — Walk around animal poo and never touch it, because it carries worms and germs. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/18/) — Never touch fireworks, cartridges or flares found on the ground; tell a grown-up, because they may still explode. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/19/) — Take only a few stones, shells and leaves, and only where it is allowed, because some parks and beaches forbid taking natural things. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/20/) — A boy in Texas picked up a "dead" snake on a trail; it was alive, bit him, and he was rushed to hospital for antivenom. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/21/) — A girl in the UK picked up a shiny thing on the beach that turned out to be a sharp piece of metal; she cut her hand deeply and needed stitches. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/22/) — Snakes can bite even when they look dead, so you leave every snake alone. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/23/) — If someone is stung and then finds it hard to breathe, tell a grown-up at once and call the emergency number, because some people react badly to stings. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/24/) — Sharp objects, needles and strange things on the ground cause cuts and infections; you tell an adult instead of picking them up. - ← previous: [Plants that sting, scratch and poison](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/) - next →: [Litter and caring for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)