She was the inspiration for Sophie, the main character in her maternal grandfather's book The BFG. Dahl attended Bedales School, and was discovered by Isabella Blow, a Vogue stylist. Blow referred Dahl to Sarah Doukas of the Storm Model Agency in London. She was able to succeed as a model in the 'mainstream' market, despite being heavy enough to be considered a 'Plus-size' model .
She was the inspiration for Sophie, the main character in her maternal grandfather's book The BFG.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
root
Number=Sing
inspiration
inspiration
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Sophie
Sophie
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
main
main
ADJ
JJ
appos
Number=Sing
character
character
NOUN
NN
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
maternal
maternal
ADJ
JJ
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
grandfather
grandfather
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
BFG
BFG
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Dahl attended Bedales School, and was discovered by Isabella Blow, a Vogue stylist.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Dahl
Dahl
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
attend
attended
VERB
VBD
compound
Number=Sing
Bedales
Bedales
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
School
School
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
discover
discovered
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
obl:agent
Number=Sing
Isabella
Isabella
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Blow
Blow
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Vogue
Vogue
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Sing
stylist
stylist
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Blow referred Dahl to Sarah Doukas of the Storm Model Agency in London.
nsubj
VerbForm=Inf
blow
Blow
VERB
VB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
refer
referred
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Dahl
Dahl
PROPN
NNP
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Sarah
Sarah
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Doukas
Doukas
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Storm
Storm
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Model
Model
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Agency
Agency
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
London
London
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
She was able to succeed as a model in the 'mainstream' market, despite being heavy enough to be considered a 'Plus-size' model .
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Degree=Pos
able
able
ADJ
JJ
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
succeed
succeed
VERB
VB
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
model
model
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
mainstream
mainstream
ADJ
JJ
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
obl
Number=Sing
market
market
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
despite
despite
SCONJ
IN
cop
VerbForm=Ger
be
being
AUX
VBG
advcl
Degree=Pos
heavy
heavy
ADJ
JJ
advmod
enough
enough
ADV
RB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
aux:pass
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
consider
considered
VERB
VBN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
compound
Number=Sing
plus
Plus
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
size
size
NOUN
NN
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
xcomp
Number=Sing
model
model
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.