The markup for each greek tragedy included attributes to describe each pain event. Below is a table containing the keys for each of the attributes and their respective meanings.
As you can see, there are two main classes for attributes - those that are required for all pain events and those that are required only for events that have an inflictor.
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| rec | receiver, indicates the name of who is experiencing pain, required in all events of pain |
| recGen | gender of receiver, indicates the binary gender of the character who is
experiencing pain, possible values are man, woman, and
mix for a mixed group of individuals, required in all
events of pain |
| recNorm | whether the character experiencing pain fits the general norms of Greek society,
from the perspective of the original Greek audience of the tragedy; when a
receiver of pain would not be socially accepted in Greek society, this value is
no and otherwise yes, required in all events
of pain |
| painType | the type of pain being experienced, possible values are em for
emotional, phys for physical, and both for both kinds
of pain at once in one event, required in all events of pain |
| inf | inflictor, the name of who is inflicting pain, in the case of a nonhuman inflictor this can only take the values of disease or nature required when someone is inflicting pain, but not in all |
| infGen | gender of inflictor, the gender of the person inflicting pain, possible values
are man, woman, or mix for a mixed group
of people, required for all that have an inf |
| infNorm | whether the character inflicting pain fits the general norms of Greek society,
from the perspective of the original Greek audience of the tragedy, when a
receiver of pain would not be socially accepted in Greek society, this value is
no and otherwise yes, required for all that
have an inf |
| recRel | relation of receiver to inflictor, required for all that have an inf |
| infRel | relation of inflictor to receiver, required for all that have an inf |
| direct | whether the pain that is being inflicted is direct or not, possible values are
yes if the pain is directly caused by the inflictor or
no if the pain is indirectly caused, required for all that
have an inf |
As you can see, there are two main types of attribute groupings: one with an inflictor and one wiithout.