--- title: Snakes, spiders and scorpions — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Snakes, spiders and scorpions», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some places have venomous creatures: rattlesnakes and bark scorpions in Arizona and Texas, black widow spiders across much of the USA, brow --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/) [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/) / Snakes, spiders and scorpions # Snakes, spiders and scorpions Lesson 25 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 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/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/0/) — Some places have venomous creatures: rattlesnakes and bark scorpions in Arizona and Texas, black widow spiders across much of the USA, brown snakes, redback and funnel-web spiders in Australia, and the adder in Britain. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/1/) — These animals do not want to fight a person; most bites happen when someone steps on one, puts a hand where they cannot see, or tries to catch, poke or kill it. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/2/) — The rule is the same everywhere: if you see one, stop, back away slowly, never touch it, even if it looks dead, and tell an adult. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/3/) — Prevention is simple: stay on paths, wear shoes and long trousers in the bush or desert, look before you put hands under rocks and logs, and shake out shoes and clothes left outside. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/4/) — If someone is bitten, call the emergency number, keep them calm and still and keep the bitten arm or leg still; never cut the bite, suck it or tie it tight with a cord. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/5/) — In Australia, adults are taught to wrap a firm pressure bandage over a snake or funnel-web bite and the whole limb and keep it still, because this slows the venom moving through the body. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/6/) — A man in Queensland tried to pick up a brown snake to move it; it bit him, and he needed antivenom in hospital. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/7/) — A boy in Arizona put on a boot left outside overnight without shaking it; a scorpion inside stung his foot, and it hurt for hours. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/8/) — Venomous snakes and spiders usually bite only when they are stepped on, touched or cornered. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/9/) — Rattlesnakes live in Arizona, Texas and many other parts of the USA, and they do not always rattle before they strike. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/10/) — A snake that looks dead can still bite by reflex, so it must never be touched. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/11/) — If you see a snake, stop, back away slowly and give it plenty of room to leave. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/12/) — Never put your hands into places you cannot see, such as under rocks, logs or into holes. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/13/) — Shaking out shoes, gloves and clothes left outside stops a hidden scorpion or spider from stinging you. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/14/) — After a venomous bite, call the emergency number: 911 in the USA and Canada, 000 in Australia, 999 in the UK. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/15/) — Keep a bitten person calm and still, because moving around helps the venom spread. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/16/) — Never cut a bite, suck out venom or tie a tight cord around the limb. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/17/) — In Australia, a firm pressure bandage and keeping the limb still is the first aid for snake and funnel-web spider bites. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/18/) — The adder is the only venomous snake that lives wild in Britain, and its bite needs a hospital visit. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/19/) — Ireland and New Zealand have no wild land snakes. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/20/) — Many snake bites happen when people try to catch, move or kill the snake. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/21/) — A snake bite is an emergency: keep the person still and call for help at once. - ← previous: [Bees, wasps and stings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/) - next →: [Wild animals: keep away, never feed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/26-wild-animals/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)