<lg>

<lg> (line group) contains one or more verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc. [3.13.1 Core Tags for Verse 3.13 Passages of Verse or Drama 7.2.5 Speech Contents]
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Attributes
Member of
model.divPart model.paraPart
Contained by
core: add corr del emph head hi item lg note orig p q quote ref reg said sic sp stage textLang title unclear
dictionaries: case colloc def gen gram hyph iType lang lbl mood number orth per pos pron stress subc syll tns usg
drama: camera caption castList epilogue performance prologue set sound tech view
figures: cell figure
header: change handNote licence scriptNote
linking: ab seg
msdescription: accMat acquisition additions collation condition custEvent decoNote filiation foliation layout musicNotation origin provenance signatures source summary support surrogates typeNote
namesdates: occupation
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: specGrp
textcrit: lem rdg
textstructure: argument body div div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docEdition epigraph imprimatur postscript salute signed titlePart trailer
transcr: damage metamark mod restore retrace secl supplied surplus
verse: rhyme
May contain
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: add cb corr del desc ellipsis gap gb head index l label lb lg meeting milestone note noteGrp orig pb reg sic stage unclear
drama: camera caption move sound tech view
figures: figure notatedMusic
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
textcrit: app witDetail
textstructure: argument byline closer dateline docAuthor docDate epigraph opener postscript salute signed trailer
transcr: addSpan damage damageSpan delSpan fw handShift listTranspose metamark mod redo restore retrace secl space substJoin supplied surplus undo
Note

contains verse lines or nested line groups only, possibly prefixed by a heading.
Example
<lg type="free">
 <l>Let me be my own fool</l>
 <l>of my own making, the sum of it</l>
</lg>
<lg type="free">
 <l>is equivocal.</l>
 <l>One says of the drunken farmer:</l>
</lg>
<lg type="free">
 <l>leave him lay off it. And this is</l>
 <l>the explanation.</l>
</lg>
Schematron

<sch:assert test="count(descendant::tei:lg|descendant::tei:l|descendant::tei:gap) > 0">An lg element
must contain at least one child l, lg, or gap element.</sch:assert>
Schematron

<sch:report test="ancestor::tei:l[not(.//tei:note//tei:lg[. = current()])]"> Abstract model violation: Lines may not contain line groups.
</sch:report>
Content model 
<content>
 <sequence>
  <alternate minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.divTop"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"/>
  </alternate>
  <alternate>
   <classRef key="model.lLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.stageLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.labelLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.pPart.transcriptional"/>
   <elementRef key="lg"/>
  </alternate>
  <alternate minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.lLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.stageLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.labelLike"/>
   <classRef key="model.pPart.transcriptional"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"/>
   <elementRef key="lg"/>
  </alternate>
  <sequence minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.divBottom"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"
    minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  </sequence>
 </sequence>
</content>
Schema Declaration 
<rng:element name="lg">
 <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.divLike.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.metrical.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.fragmentable.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:group>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.divTop"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:choice>
   <rng:ref name="model.lLike"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.stageLike"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.labelLike"/>
   <rng:ref name="model.pPart.transcriptional"/>
   <rng:ref name="lg"/>
  </rng:choice>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.lLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.stageLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.labelLike"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.pPart.transcriptional"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
    <rng:ref name="lg"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:group>
    <rng:ref name="model.divBottom"/>
    <rng:zeroOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
    </rng:zeroOrMore>
   </rng:group>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:group>
</rng:element>
element lg
{
   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.divLike.attributes,
   att.metrical.attributes,
   att.fragmentable.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   (
      ( model.divTop | model.global )*,
      (
         model.lLike
       | model.stageLike
       | model.labelLike
       | model.pPart.transcriptional
       | lg
      ),
      (
         model.lLike
       | model.stageLike
       | model.labelLike
       | model.pPart.transcriptional
       | model.global
       | lg
      )*,
      ( model.divBottom, model.global* )*
   )
}