encoding direct speech in Parthayajna

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@andreaacri —

You have quite a number of verse lines that begin with in explicitly typed quotation mark, to represent direct speech continuing over multiple lines, even over multiple stanzas. Example:

 <lg xml:id="kakavin_25.06" n="6">
                    <l n="a">nān liṅ saṅ nrəpaputra saṅ hyaṅ ikanaṅ kaḍatvan avarah</l>
                    <l n="b">“saṅkeṅ rājya vita ṅhulun munus avak pva tan kahuniṅan</l>
                    <l n="c">“de saṅ pāṇḍava tan rumakṣa saviśeṣa riṅ kadi kami</l>
                    <l n="d">“durnītiṅ karatun kəneṅ dyuta vikalpa tan tuhu viku</l>
                </lg>

The absence of semantic tagging for direct speech is non compliant with TEI.

When Axelle and I were writing EGC, this subject did not come up in a significant way, so we only have a somewhat basic suggestion in EGC 3.5.2, without any example. Then in 8.3.2 we also offer <q> but without stoppinbg to cinsider your kind of scenario where quoted direct speech extends across block boundaries.

I hope @michaelnmmeyer can advise us on how to encode your kind of scenario and then help you implement it in your edition in an automated fashion.