<sp>
speech
contains an individual speech in a performance text, or a passage presented as such in a prose or verse text.
Attributes
Global and inherited attributes:
Classes and content
- Member of
- May contain
figures
textstructure
- Contained by
msdescription
namesdates
tagdocs
transcr
Note
The @who attribute on this element may be used either in addition to the speaker element or as an alternative.
Example
<sp>
<speaker>The reverend Doctor Opimian</speaker>
<p>I do not think I have named a single unpresentable fish.</p>
</sp>
<sp>
<speaker>Mr Gryll</speaker>
<p>Bream, Doctor: there is not much to be said for bream.</p>
</sp>
<sp>
<speaker>The Reverend Doctor Opimian</speaker>
<p>On the contrary, sir, I think there is much to be said for him. In the first place [...]</p>
<p>Fish, Miss Gryll — I could discourse to you on fish by the hour: but for the present I
will forbear [...]</p>
</sp>
Content model
<content>
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<classRef key="model.stageLike"/>
<classRef key="model.global"/>
<classRef key="model.lLike"/>
<classRef key="model.pLike"/>
<classRef key="model.listLike"/>
<classRef key="model.attributable"/>
<elementRef key="speaker"/>
<elementRef key="lg"/>
<elementRef key="q"/>
</alternate>
</content>