<u>

<u> (utterance) contains a stretch of speech usually preceded and followed by silence or by a change of speaker. [8.3.1 Utterances]
Module spoken — Transcriptions of Speech
Attributes
trans⚓︎ (transition) indicates the nature of the transition between this utterance and the previous one.
Status Optional
Datatype teidata.enumerated
Legal values are:
smooth
this utterance begins without unusual pause or rapidity. [Default]
latching
this utterance begins with a markedly shorter pause than normal.
overlap
this utterance begins before the previous one has finished.
pause
this utterance begins after a noticeable pause.
Member of
model.divPart.spoken model.standOffPart
Contained by
core: item note q quote said stage textLang
drama: castList epilogue performance prologue set view
figures: cell figure
header: change handNote licence scriptNote
linking: standOff
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions collation condition custEvent decoNote filiation foliation layout musicNotation origin provenance signatures source summary support surrogates typeNote
namesdates: occupation
spoken: annotationBlock
tagdocs: specGrp
textcrit: lem rdg
textstructure: argument body div div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph postscript
transcr: metamark
May contain
analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m pc phr s span spanGrp w
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: abbr add address bibl biblStruct binaryObject cb choice cit corr date del desc distinct ellipsis email emph expan foreign gap gb gloss graphic hi index l label lb lg list listBibl measure measureGrp media mentioned milestone name note noteGrp num orig pb ptr q quote ref reg rs ruby said sic soCalled stage term time title unclear unit
dictionaries: lang oRef pRef
drama: camera caption castList move sound tech view
figures: figure formula notatedMusic table
gaiji: g
header: biblFull idno
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material msDesc objectType origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc climate country district eventName forename genName geo geogFeat geogName listEvent listNym listObject listOrg listPerson listPlace listRelation location nameLink objectName offset orgName persName persPronouns placeName population region roleName settlement state surname terrain trait
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att classSpec code constraintSpec dataSpec eg egXML elementSpec gi ident listRef macroSpec moduleSpec outputRendition specDesc specGrp specGrpRef specList tag val
textcrit: app listApp listWit witDetail
textstructure: floatingText
transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo restore retrace secl space subst substJoin supplied surplus undo
verse: caesura rhyme
character data
Note

Prose and a mixture of speech elements

Although individual transcriptions may consistently use u elements for turns or other units, and although in most cases a u will be delimited by pause or change of speaker, u is not required to represent a turn or any communicative event, nor to be bounded by pauses or change of speaker. At a minimum, a u is some phonetic production by a given speaker.
Example
<u who="#spkr1">if did you set</u>
<u trans="latching" who="#spkr2">well Joe and I set it between us</u>
<list type="speakers">
 <item xml:id="spkr1"/>
 <item xml:id="spkr2"/>
</list>
Content model 
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.paraContent"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration 
<rng:element name="u">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.timed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.duration.w3c.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.duration.iso.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.ascribed.directed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.ascribed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.notated.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="trans"
   a:defaultValue="smooth">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>smooth</rng:value>
    <rng:value>latching</rng:value>
    <rng:value>overlap</rng:value>
    <rng:value>pause</rng:value>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.paraContent"/>
</rng:element>
element u
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.timed.attributes,
   att.duration.w3c.attributes,
   att.duration.iso.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.ascribed.directed.attributes,
   att.ascribed.attributes,
   att.notated.attributes,
   attribute trans { "smooth" | "latching" | "overlap" | "pause" }?,
   macro.paraContent
}