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Core terminology: range

Some examples (LMNL syntax):

[line}[s}[phr}What are we first?{s]{phr] [s}[phr}First, animals;{phr]
[phr}and next{line]
[line}Intelligences at a leap;{phr] [phr}on whom{line]
[line}Pale lies the distant shadow of the tomb,{line]{phr]
[line}[phr}And all that draweth on the tomb for text.{line]{phr]{s]
Here, phr ranges overlap line ranges.

Note that the s range encloses all the line ranges (despite the placement of tags). Range markers (tags) are “slippery”; since they indicate only the start of a range (over atoms), they are not ordered in relation to the tags of coterminous ranges.