<sp>

<sp> (speech) An individual speech in a performance text, or a passage presented as such in a prose or verse text. 3.12.2 Core Tags for Drama 3.12 Passages of Verse or Drama 7.2.2 Speeches and Speakers
Module core — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
In addition to global attributes att.ascribed (@who)
Used by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="sp">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.ascribed.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:optional>
   <rng:ref name="speaker"/>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:optional>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.lLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="lg"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.stageLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.qLike"/>
   </rng:choice>
   <rng:zeroOrMore>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:zeroOrMore>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element sp
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.ascribed.attributes,
   (
      model.global*,
      ( speaker, model.global* )?,
      (
         ( model.lLike | lg | model.pLike | model.stageLike | model.qLike ),
         model.global*
      )+
   )
}
Example
<sp>
 <speaker>The reverend Doctor Opimiam</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 Opimiam</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>
Note
The who attribute on this element may be used either in addition to the speaker element or as an alternative.
Note
Lines or paragraphs, stage directions, and phrase-level elements.
The who attribute on this element may be used either in addition to the speaker element or as an alternative.