What is the subject, "there" or "their friend"?

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Off they went to find him in the forest, and there atop a tall bael tree was their friend, sitting tight.

In the second part of the sentence, what is the subject, "there" or "their friend"?

It is easy to find. This is the reorded sentence: their friend was there atop a tall bael tree. So "their friend" is your answer. — user33000, Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 19:10

Nathan Tuggy · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-19 08:54:28Z

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There atop a tall bael tree was their friend

By simply re-arranging the sentence, you can split it into subject, verb, object:

Their friend was there atop a tall bael tree

Subject: their friend is the person actually being atop the tall bael tree

Nathan Tuggy

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answered Jun 1, 2016 at 16:30

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Great. I think your post answers the question. +1)
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Commented Jun 2, 2016 at 7:41

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