They are her greatest weapon against fools, cads, criminals...and ex-lovers. Words also came easily to Adela's creator, Gladys Mitchell, who published nearly eighty novels in her long lifetime. Gladys introduced Mrs. Bradley in 1929 in the book Speedy Death. She endowed her breezy heroine with attributes she herself possessed including an interest in Freud and a passion for all things British:
They are her greatest weapon against fools, cads, criminals...and ex-lovers.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
They
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
AUX
VBP
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Sup
great
greatest
ADJ
JJS
root
Number=Sing
weapon
weapon
NOUN
NN
case
against
against
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
fool
fools
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Plur
cad
cads
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
Number=Plur
criminal
criminals
NOUN
NNS
punct
...
...
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
ex-lover
ex-lovers
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Words also came easily to Adela's creator, Gladys Mitchell, who published nearly eighty novels in her long lifetime.
nsubj
Number=Plur
word
Words
NOUN
NNS
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
come
came
VERB
VBD
advmod
easily
easily
ADV
RB
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Adela
Adela
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
creator
creator
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Glady
Gladys
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Mitchell
Mitchell
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
publish
published
VERB
VBD
advmod
nearly
nearly
ADV
RB
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
eighty
eighty
NUM
CD
obj
Number=Plur
novel
novels
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
long
long
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
lifetime
lifetime
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Gladys introduced Mrs. Bradley in 1929 in the book Speedy Death.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Glady
Gladys
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
introduce
introduced
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Mrs.
Mrs.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Bradley
Bradley
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1929
1929
NUM
CD
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
amod
Degree=Pos
Speedy
Speedy
ADJ
NNP
appos
Number=Sing
death
Death
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
She endowed her breezy heroine with attributes she herself possessed including an interest in Freud and a passion for all things British:
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
endow
endowed
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
breezy
breezy
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
heroine
heroine
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
attribute
attributes
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
nmod:npmod
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes
herself
herself
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
possess
possessed
VERB
VBD
case
VerbForm=Ger
include
including
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
interest
interest
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Freud
Freud
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
passion
passion
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
all
all
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
thing
things
NOUN
NNS
amod
Degree=Pos
British
British
ADJ
JJ
punct
:
:
PUNCT
: