Retorical structure (ePistolarium)
From XML
Letters usually have opening and closing phrases.
These are encoded with the ana
attribute of p
and seg
elements.
Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/d815d122-68db-4753-bfa4-c8b60bd248f1
(paragraph interpreted as opener)
<div type="artifact" subtype="letter"> <p ana="#opener">Mon Révérend Père,</p> <p>Vous m'interrogez comme si je devais tout savoir, ...</p> ... </div>
Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/d815d122-68db-4753-bfa4-c8b60bd248f1
(paragraph interpreted as closer)
<div type="artifact" subtype="letter"> ... <p>Mandez-moi, je vous prie, ... vos bonnes grâces.</p> <p ana="#closer">Votre très humble Desc.</p> <p ana="#closer">Ce 12<hi rend="superscript">e</hi> jour de Carême 1630.</p> </div>
Example: https://correspondence.huygens.knaw.nl/documents/f687c50b-6765-4519-bc5f-833c499ae453
(closer in paragraph)
<div type="artifact" subtype="letter"> ... <p>Het is dus beter, ...; er wordt al te veel gebabbeld door kwaadwillige menschen. <seg ana="#closer">28 Jull. 1634.</seg></p> </div>