--- title: Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: An allergy is when the body's defences react strongly to something that is harmless for most people, like peanuts, pollen or a be --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/) [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/) / Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma # Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma Lesson 85 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 18 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/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/1/) — An allergy is when the body's defences react strongly to something that is harmless for most people, like peanuts, pollen or a bee sting; a severe reaction, called anaphylaxis, can kill quickly. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/2/) — Asthma narrows the tubes that carry air into the lungs, so breathing is hard and wheezy; a reliever inhaler opens them again. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/3/) — At a party in Auckland a boy with a peanut allergy tells the host's parent before eating, reads the label on the biscuits, and has a safe, happy afternoon. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/4/) — A splinter should be removed by an adult with clean tweezers and the skin washed, because a splinter left in can get infected. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/5/) — When a wasp flies near you, stay calm and move slowly away, because swatting makes a sting more likely. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/6/) — If a spider bites you in Australia, keep still and tell an adult, because some Australian spiders are dangerous and need first aid. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/7/) — If a jellyfish stings you, get out of the water, tell a lifeguard or adult and rinse with seawater, not fresh water; in tropical Australia, such as northern Queensland, vinegar is used; weeing on a sting is a myth that does not help. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/9/) — In the USA and Canada, a rash after touching a plant may be poison ivy, so wash with soap and water and tell an adult. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/10/) — Never share food with a classmate who has a peanut allergy, and wash your hands after eating peanuts, because even a tiny amount can make them very ill. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/11/) — Swelling, hives (itchy raised bumps on the skin), coughing or trouble breathing in a person with an allergy may be anaphylaxis: get an adult at once and call the emergency number. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/12/) — An adrenaline auto-injector can save the life of someone having a severe allergic reaction, so know where your friend keeps it. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/13/) — If you have an allergy, always tell adults at parties and friends' houses and read food labels. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/14/) — Hay fever is an allergy to pollen; keeping windows closed on high pollen days and washing your face after being outside helps. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/15/) — In an asthma attack, sit the person up, help them use their reliever inhaler and fetch an adult. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/16/) — A boy in Ireland with a nut allergy shared a friend's biscuit at a party; within minutes his lips swelled and he struggled to breathe, and his adrenaline pen and an ambulance saved him. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/17/) — A girl in Georgia left a splinter deep in her palm for a week; the skin around it became infected, and a nurse had to take it out and clean it. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/18/) — A serious allergic reaction can make it hard to breathe within minutes, and it needs an adrenaline pen and the emergency number at once. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/19/) — A splinter left in the skin can let germs in and cause an infection. - ← previous: [Bruises, head bumps, nosebleeds and burns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns/) - next →: [Sun, cold and growing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)