--- title: Thunderbirds. (no. 1.) — Ojibwa myths and tales · full text with trees description: Thunderbirds. (no. 1.), «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Told by Peter York. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/4/) [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/) / [Ojibwa myths and tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/) / Thunderbirds. (no. 1.) # Thunderbirds. (no. 1.) Thunderbirds. (no. 1.) of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw: the whole text, 9 sentences and 98 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Told by Peter York.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") The old people once went to the Blue Mountains near Collingwood a long time ago.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") At the end (escarpment) near the Bay a Thunderbird had its nest.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") It had two young birds.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") They were shaped like geese, but were naked and were about as high as a man’s chest and were of brownish red or russet color.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") By and by they began to grow pin-feathers and get big.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Then they went away.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The old people went over several times to see them, and they first saw them during a thunderstorm.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") NO. 4.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/) - next →: [Thunderbirds. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/) - ↑ back to [Ojibwa myths and tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/)