--- 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: In this story the girls are represented as taking fermented milk to the man. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/37/) [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, 6 sentences and 122 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. In this story the girls are represented as taking fermented milk to the man.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") This is not in accordance with ordinary Kaffir usage, which prohibits females from serving out milk.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") But Long Snake, though a man, has been bewitched and obliged to assume the appearance of a serpent, retaining however the faculties of a human being.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Kaffir women grind, or rather bruise, millet by putting it on a flat stone, before which the worker kneels, and crushing it with a small round stone held in the hands.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") When several are working near each other of an evening, they usually lighten their labours by a rude chant.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") The bruised substance is mixed with water, and formed into small loaves of very insipid bread.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Girl and the Mbulu.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/36/) - next →: [The Story of Kenkebe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/38/) - ↑ back to [Kaffir folk-lore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/)