SP

   (i.e. speech)
  Description:  An individual speech in a performance text, or a passage
        presented as such in a prose or verse text.
  Attributes:
        who:  identifies the speaker of the part by supplying an ID.
        Data type:  IDREFS
        Value:  The IDREFS are derived from the ID attribute on the role
              elements in the cast list or from a list of the partici-
              pants.
        Default value:  #IMPLIED
  Example:
             <sp><speaker>The reverend Doctor Opimiam</speaker>
             <p>I do not think I have named a single unpresentable fish.
             <sp><speaker>Mr Gryll</speaker>
             <p>Bream, Doctor: there is not much to be said for bream.
             <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>Fish, Miss Gryll -- I could discourse to you on fish by the
             hour:
             but for the present I will forbear...
             </sp>
  Remarks:  The who attribute on this element may be used either in addi-
        tion to the <speaker> element or as an alternative.
  Part:  base tag set for common core features
  Member of classes:  chunk [and indirectly also:] common
  DTD file:  teicore2
  Data description:  Lines or paragraphs, stage directions, and phrase-
        level elements.
  May occur within:  add argument body castList corr div div0 div1 div2
        div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph epilogue equiv item metDecl note
        performance prologue q quote remarks set sic stage view
  May contain:  l lg p seg speaker stage
  Declaration:
       <!ELEMENT sp            - O  (speaker?, (p | l | lg | seg |
                                    stage)+)                           >
       <!ATTLIST sp                 %a.global
                 who                IDREFS              #IMPLIED       >
  Discussed in 6.11.2, "Core Tags for Drama," on page 14.
  Discussed in 6.11, "Passages of Verse or Drama," on page 14.
  Discussed in 10.2.2, "Speeches and Speakers," on page 18.
  This tag is optional.

Content

• l
• lg
• p
• seg
• speaker
• stage

Tag Minimization

Open Tag: REQUIRED
Close Tag: OPTIONAL

Parent Elements

• add
• argument
• body
• corr
• div
• div0
• div1
• div2
• div3
• div4
• div5
• div6
• div7
• epigraph
• item
• note
• q
• sic
• stage