--- title: Allergies, horses and farm animals — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Allergies, horses and farm animals», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some people's bodies react to animals: sneezing and itchy eyes near a cat often come from an allergy to tiny proteins in pet skin flak --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/) [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/) / Allergies, horses and farm animals # Allergies, horses and farm animals Lesson 67 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/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/0/) — Some people's bodies react to animals: sneezing and itchy eyes near a cat often come from an allergy to tiny proteins in pet skin flakes and saliva, and no dog breed is completely free of them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/1/) — A few people are so allergic to a bee or wasp sting that their throat can swell and they struggle to breathe; this is called anaphylaxis, and it is an emergency. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/2/) — Big farm animals are strong and easily frightened. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/3/) — Horses startle at sudden noise, cows protect their calves from dogs, and a bull can be very dangerous, so in the countryside you respect fences, follow the farmer's rules and keep your distance. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/4/) — Farm animals have their own diet, and the wrong food given over a fence can make them very ill. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/6/) — The dad lets go of the lead: the cows were after the dog, the dog easily outruns them, and the family walks calmly to the gate. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/7/) — A boy in Ohio with an allergy to cats stayed the night at a friend's house with three cats; his chest got tight and he needed his inhaler and a doctor. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/8/) — A girl in Kentucky fed a horse from her fingers instead of a flat hand; it nipped her by mistake and her finger was badly bruised. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/9/) — Many people are allergic to proteins in pet skin flakes and saliva, which cause sneezing and itchy eyes. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/10/) — No dog is completely allergy-free; some breeds shed less, but all dogs make the proteins people react to. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/11/) — An allergic child visiting a home with a pet tells the parent first and can bring their medicine. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/12/) — Even fur on clothes can make an allergic person ill, so you wash your hands after touching a class pet. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/13/) — Anaphylaxis is a dangerous allergic reaction, for example to a sting or to a food such as peanuts; you call the emergency number at once and help the person use their adrenaline pen if they have one. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/14/) — You feed a horse only with the owner's permission, holding your hand flat with the food on your palm. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/15/) — You do not feed horses in fields or climb into their field without the owner. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/16/) — When passing a horse and rider you slow down, give lots of room and say hello so the horse knows you are a person. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/17/) — Horses can doze standing up because their legs lock, but they lie down for deep sleep. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/18/) — If cows chase you because of your dog, you let go of the lead and get to safety. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/19/) — You never enter a field with a bull in it. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/20/) — A sheep stuck on its back cannot get up and can die, so you tell the farmer. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/21/) — Pigs are clean, clever animals; they cannot sweat, so they roll in mud to cool down and protect their skin from sunburn. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/22/) — Animal allergies can trigger asthma attacks that make breathing very hard; a child with asthma uses his inhaler and tells an adult. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/23/) — At a petting farm you hold a chick gently in cupped hands while sitting down, because a fall can hurt it. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/24/) — Horses cannot see well right in front of their noses, so they can bite fingers by mistake. - ← previous: [How pets feel and saying goodbye](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/) - next →: [Chickens, goats and little creatures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)