xquery version "3.1";

let $names   := ("April","Tam O'Shanter","Emily")
let $remarks := ("Bubbly: I'm > Tam and <= Emily", 'Burns: "When chapman billies leave the street ..."',"Short &amp; shrift")
return element CharacterRemarks {
                                  for-each-pair($names, $remarks, function($name, $remark) {
                                                                                              element Character {
                                                                                                attribute name { $name }
                                                                                               ,text { $remark }
                                                                                            }
                                                                  })
                                }