groups together various annotations, e.g. for parallel interpretations of a spoken segment. [] (broadcast) describes a broadcast used as the source of a spoken text. [ ] (equipment) provides technical details of the equipment and media used for an audio or video recording used as the source for a spoken text. [ ] (incident) marks any phenomenon or occurrence, not necessarily vocalized or communicative, for example incidental noises or other events affecting communication. [] (kinesic) marks any communicative phenomenon, not necessarily vocalized, for example a gesture, frown, etc. [] indicates whether or not the phenomenon is repeated. unknown inapplicable (pause) marks a pause either between or within utterances. [] (recording event) provides details of an audio or video recording event used as the source of a spoken text, either directly or from a public broadcast. [ ] the kind of recording. audio audio recording video audio and video recording (recording statement) describes a set of recordings used as the basis for transcription of a spoken text. [ ] (script statement) contains a citation giving details of the script used for a spoken text. [ ] (shift) marks the point at which some paralinguistic feature of a series of utterances by any one speaker changes. [] The @new attribute should always be supplied; use the special value "normal" to indicate that the feature concerned ceases to be remarkable at this point. a paralinguistic feature. Suggested values include: 1] tempo; 2] loud; 3] pitch; 4] tension; 5] rhythm; 6] voice tempo speed of utterance. loud loudness. pitch pitch range. tension tension or stress pattern. rhythm rhythmic qualities. voice voice quality. [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ specifies the new state of the paralinguistic feature specified. [^\p{C}\p{Z}]+ (transcription description) describes the set of transcription conventions used, particularly for spoken material. [] supplies an identifier for the encoding convention, independent of any version number. supplies a version number for the encoding conventions used, if any. [\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*(\.[\d]+[a-z]*[\d]*){0,3} (utterance) contains a stretch of speech usually preceded and followed by silence or by a change of speaker. [] (transition) indicates the nature of the transition between this utterance and the previous one. smooth this utterance begins without unusual pause or rapidity. latching this utterance begins with a markedly shorter pause than normal. overlap this utterance begins before the previous one has finished. pause this utterance begins after a noticeable pause. (vocal) marks any vocalized but not necessarily lexical phenomenon, for example voiced pauses, non-lexical backchannels, etc. [] indicates whether or not the phenomenon is repeated. unknown inapplicable (writing) contains a passage of written text revealed to participants in the course of a spoken text. [] indicates whether the writing is revealed all at once or gradually. unknown inapplicable