--- title: Other forms of traditional apparel that involve no stitching or tail… — Nepal · tree and pragmatics description: Other forms of traditional apparel that involve no stitching or tailoring are patukas (a length of cloth wrapped tightly over the waist by both sexes as a waistband, a part of most traditional Nepali costumes, usually with a khukuri tucked into it when worn by men), scarves like pachhyauras and maje --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nepal/491/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [Nepal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nepal/) / 491 # Nepal, sentence 491 From Wikipedia, [«Nepal»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too. Other forms of traditional apparel that involve no stitching or tailoring are patukas (a length of cloth wrapped tightly over the waist by both sexes as a waistband, a part of most traditional Nepali costumes, usually with a khukuri tucked into it when worn by men), scarves like pachhyauras and majetros and shawls like the newar ga and Tibetan khata, ghumtos (the wedding veils) and various kinds of turbans (scarves worn around the head as a part of a tradition, or to keep off the sun or the cold, called a pheta, pagri or sirpau). **Who acts:** traditional apparel, Other forms, sun · **What happens:** involve, be, wrap, tuck, wear, shawl · **To what, where:** stitching, patukas, length, waist, khukuri, scarves · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Nepal». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (traditional apparel, Other forms, sun), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Nepal:491 # text = Other forms of traditional apparel that involve no stitching or tailoring are patukas (a length of cloth wrapped tightly over the waist by both sexes as a waistband, a part of most traditional Nepali costumes, usually with a khukuri tucked into it when worn by men), scarves like pachhyauras and majetros and shawls like the newar ga and Tibetan khata, ghumtos (the wedding veils) and various kinds of turbans (scarves worn around the head as a part of a tradition, or to keep off the sun or the cold, called a pheta, pagri or sirpau). 1 Other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 traditional traditional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 involve involve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 stitching stitching NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 tailoring tailoring NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 patukas patuka NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 14 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 20 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 sexes sex NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 waistband waistband NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 35 traditional traditional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 Nepali nepali NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 costumes costume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 usually usually ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 khukuri khukuri NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 43 tucked tuck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 when when SCONJ WRB _ 47 mark _ _ 47 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 scarves scarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 53 like like ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 pachhyauras pachhyaura NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 majetros majetro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 shawls shawl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 59 like like ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 newar newar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 ga ga NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 Tibetan Tibetan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 65 khata khata PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 ghumtos ghumto NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ _ 68 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 compound _ _ 71 veils veil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 71 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 turbans turban NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 nmod _ _ 78 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 scarves scarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 conj _ _ 80 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 acl _ _ 81 around around ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ _ 84 as as ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ _ 87 of of ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 88 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 89 det _ _ 89 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 91 or or CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 92 to to PART TO _ 93 mark _ _ 93 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ _ 94 off off ADP RP _ 93 compound:prt _ _ 95 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 96 det _ _ 96 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 93 obj _ _ 97 or or CCONJ CC _ 99 cc _ _ 98 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 99 det _ _ 99 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 96 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 100 , , PUNCT , _ 101 punct _ _ 101 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 96 acl _ _ 102 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 103 det _ _ 103 pheta pheta NOUN NN Number=Sing 101 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 104 , , PUNCT , _ 105 punct _ _ 105 pagri pagri NOUN NN Number=Sing 103 conj _ _ 106 or or CCONJ CC _ 107 cc _ _ 107 sirpau sirpau NOUN NN Number=Sing 103 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 108 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 101 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 109 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **involve** | present | traditional apparel | no stitching or tailoring | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stitching=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | Other forms of traditional apparel | patukas and scarves like pachhyauras and majetros | | | | a length of cloth a part of most traditional Nepali costumes and a khukuri *appos*; scarves like pachhyauras and majetros *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **wrap** | participle | | a length of cloth a part of most traditional Nepali costumes and a khukuri *not said here* | | the waist | | by both sexes as a waistband; tightly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over waist=Destination | | 4 | **tuck** | participle | | a khukuri *not said here* | | length | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into it=Destination | | 5 | **wear** | participle | | | | | | by men | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shawl** | present | Other forms of traditional apparel *not said here* | | | | | like the newar ga and Tibetan and ghumtos and various kinds of turbans and scarves | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wear** | participle | | scarves *not said here* | | the head | | as a part of a tradition | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **keep off** | to-infinitive | | the sun | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme | | 9 | **call** | participle | the sun *not said here* | a pheta and pagri or sirpau | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **form** | | | traditional apparel | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Nepal», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0. - ← previous: [sentence 490](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nepal/490/) - next →: [sentence 492](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nepal/492/) - ↑ back to [Nepal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nepal/)