--- title: The Story of Long Snake. — Kaffir folk-lore · full text with trees description: The Story of Long Snake., «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Once upon a time a certain girl left her father’s place, and went to the village of Long Snake. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Kaffir folk-lore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/) / The Story of Long Snake. # The Story of Long Snake. The Story of Long Snake. of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal: the whole text, 31 sentences and 493 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Once upon a time a certain girl left her father’s place, and went to the village of Long Snake.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Having arrived at the village of Long Snake she remained there, but the owner of the place was absent.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") The only person present was the mother of the owner of the place.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Then in the evening the mother of Long Snake gave that girl some millet, and told her to grind it.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") After it was ground she made bread.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") When it was ready the mother of Long Snake said: “Carry this bread into the house of Long Snake.”[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") A short time after that girl went into the house, the owner of the place arrived.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Then she gave him bread and fermented milk, and he ate.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") When they had finished the food they went to sleep.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Then early in the morning Long Snake went away, because in the daytime he lived in the open country.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") The girl went to the house of the parents of Long Snake.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") The mother of Long Snake clothed her with a very beautiful robe.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") After she was dressed she called for an axe, and went to cut firewood.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Having arrived in the open fields she did not cut the firewood, but she threw away the axe and ran to her father’s place.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") When she arrived at her father’s place, her sister asked for where she had got that beautiful robe.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") She told her, and her sister said: “I am going to that village too.”[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The girl said: “Just listen, and I will tell you the custom of that village.”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") But her sister said in reply: “I do not want you to tell me anything, because you yourself were not warned before you went.”[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Then she set off at once, and went on till she arrived in the evening at the village of Long Snake.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") When she sat down the mother of Long Snake gave her millet, telling her to grind it and make bread.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") When it was ready she took it into the house of Long Snake.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") Then in the evening the owner of the place arrived, and the girl gave him bread and fermented milk.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") When they had finished eating they went to sleep, and early in the morning Long Snake went away.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the girl went to the house of Long Snake’s parents.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") His mother clothed that girl also in the same manner as she had dressed the elder one.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") Then she borrowed an axe and went to cut fuel.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") In doing so she made an excuse to run away.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") On this day, however, the man went after his wives, and arrived at his father-in-law’s place as the sun was setting.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") They went out of the house that the bridegroom might sleep in it.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") While he was eating, the people of the village piled up bundles of grass, and the bridegroom was burned in the house.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") In this manner he died.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Story of Mbulukazi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/17/) - next →: [The Story of Kenkebe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/19/) - ↑ back to [Kaffir folk-lore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/)