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<said>

speech or thought

indicates passages thought or spoken aloud, whether explicitly indicated in the source or not, whether directly or indirectly reported, whether by real people or fictional characters.

Module coreCOHQQ

Attributes

Global and inherited attributes:
att.global @xml:id@n@xml:lang@xml:base@xml:space
att.global.analytic @ana
att.global.change @change
att.global.facs @facs
att.global.linking @corresp@synch@sameAs@copyOf@next@prev@exclude@select
att.global.rendition @rend@style@rendition
att.global.responsibility @cert@resp
att.global.source @source
att.ascribed.directed @toWhom
att.ascribed @who
att.cmc @generatedBy
@aloudmay be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded as having been vocalized or signed.
Status
Optional
Datatype
teidata.xTruthValue
<p>
Celia thought privately,<said aloud="false">Dorothea quite despises Sir James Chettam;
I believe she would not accept him.</said> Celia felt that this was a pity.
  <!-- ... -->
</p>
@directmay be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded as direct or indirect speech.
Status
Optional
Datatype
teidata.xTruthValue
<!-- in the header -->
<editorialDecl>
  <quotation marks="none"/>
</editorialDecl>
<!-- ... -->
<p>Tantripp had brought a card, and said that <said direct="false">there was a gentleman waiting in the lobby</said>.
The courier had told him that<said direct="false">only Mrs. Casaubon was at home</said>,
but he said<said direct="false">he was a relation of Mr. Casaubon's: would she see him?</said>
</p>

Classes and content

Member of
model.attributable
May contain

analysis

certainty

core

dictionaries

drama

figures

gaiji

header

iso-fs

linking

msdescription

namesdates

nets

spoken

tagdocs

textcrit

textstructure

transcr

verse

Character data

  • character data
Contained by

analysis

cmc

core

dictionaries

drama

figures

header

iso-fs

linking

msdescription

namesdates

spoken

tagdocs

textcrit

textstructure

transcr

verse

Examples

<!-- in the header -->
<editorialDecl>
  <quotation marks="all"/>
</editorialDecl>
<!-- ... -->
<p>
  <said>"Our minstrel here will warm the old man's heart with song, dazzle him with jewels and
gold"</said>, a troublemaker simpered. <said>"He'll trample on the Duke's camellias, spill
his wine, and blunt his sword, and say his name begins with X, and in the end the Duke
will say,<said>'Take Saralinda, with my blessing, O lordly Prince of Rags and Tags, O
rider of the sun!'</said>"</said>
</p>

<p>
  <said aloud="true" rend="pre(“) post(”)">Hmmm</said>, said a small voice in his ear.
  <said aloud="true" rend="pre(“) post(”)">Difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of courage, I see.
Not a bad mind either. there's talent, oh my goodness, yes — and a nice thirst to prove
yourself, now that's interesting. … So where shall I put you?</said>
</p>
<p>Harry gripped the edges of the stool and thought, <said aloud="false" rend="italic">Not
Slytherin, not Slytherin</said>.</p>

Content model

<content>
    <macroRef key="macro.specialPara"/>
  </content>