I think it would be planning.
I hope that helped :)
The author used the word 'pouring' is to let the reader imagine what the snake is doing.
<h3>What is imagery?</h3>
This is a visually descriptive or figurative language especially in a literary work.
This action of 'pouring' describes the snake's action because the snake is in the basket and the decision used means that the snake is coming in and out of the basket.
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Look up the story in google:D!!!
Verbal phrase: a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence.
Yes it has other parts of speech