Sentence:  Mrs. Podger had obligingly pushed things around on the porch to make room for it , and there it <WSD>was</WSD> , slung in a vine-shaded corner , the night breeze rippling its fringe with a slow , caressing movement . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)