anchor: Painting and architecture were infused with life, roads were paved, and, in the 14th century, Delhi was pronounced by the Arab traveller Ibn Batuta to be the most magnificent city in the whole Muslim world.
positive: Painting and architecture infused themselves with life, roads were paved and the city was pronounced the most magnificent by an Arab travaller.
negative: There was no painting and architecture, roads were unpaved and the city was pronounced the most terrible by an Arab travaller.