Inversion after adverbs

Sometimes the normal subject-verb order in a sentence is reversed if a sentence begins with an adverb. This can happen as follows:

Inversion after adverbs

7.59.1 Inversion after adverbs of place like 'here', 'there'

After here and there and after adverb particles such as back, down,

off. up, etc. the noun subject comes after the verb. This is common

with verbs of motion, such as come and go:

Here comes a taxi¹There goes the last train¹(Note the

progressive is not used here.)

Down came the rainand up went the umbrellas

This kind of inversion is common after be when we are offering things

or identifying location (often with a plural subject) [> 10.18]:

Here's a cup of teafor you (offer)

Here's your letters (offering or indicating)

'There s (stressed) Johnny Smith (identifying location)

Inversion does not occur if the subject is a pronoun:

Here it comesThere she goes Up it went

Here you are (offer) There she is (identifying location)

7.59.2 Inversion after adverbials of place[compare > 6.17]
After adverbials of place with verbs of position (e.g. lie, live, sit stand)
or motion (e.g. come, go rise), the noun subject can follow the verb.
This happens mainly in descriptive writing:

At the top of the hill stood the tiny chapel

In the fields of poppies lay the dying soldiersThis inversion also occurs in the passive with other verbs:

In the distance could be seen the purple mountainsInversion does not occur if the subject is a pronoun:

At the top of the hill it stood out against the sky