## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <argument>

`<argument>` | A formal list or prose description of the topics addressed by a subdivision of a text.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from divtop, fmchunk

Example

    <argument>
    <p>Monte Video &mdash; Maldonado &mdash; Excursion
    to R Polanco &mdash; Lazo and Bolas &mdash; Partridges &mdash;
    Absence of Trees &mdash; Deer &mdash; Capybara, or River Hog &mdash;
    Tucutuco &mdash; Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits &mdash; Tyrant
    Flycatcher &mdash; Mocking-bird &mdash; Carrion Hawks &mdash;
    Tubes formed by Lightning &mdash; House struck</p> </argument>

Module | Declared in file teistr2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Class | divtop; fmchunk
Data Description | Often contains either a list or a paragraph

May contain

ab addSpan alt altGrp anchor bibl biblFull biblStruct camera caption castList cb certainty cit delSpan eTree entry entryFree event fLib figure fs fsLib fvLib fw gap graph head index interp interpGrp join joinGrp kinesic l label lb lg lg1 lg2 lg3 lg4 lg5 link linkGrp list listBibl milestone move note p pause pb q quote respons shift sound sp span spanGrp stage superEntry table tech termEntry timeline tree u view vocal witDetail witList writing

May occur within | back body castList div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epilogue front group lg opener performance prologue

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT argument %om.RR; ((%m.Incl;)*, (head?, %component.seq;))>
    <!ATTLIST argument
          %a.global;>

See further | 7.2.4 Content of Textual Divisions; 7.2 Elements Common to All Divisions

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