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+(** Module for representing syllables and their components *)
+
+(** Type representing a syllable with its phonological components *)
+type t = {
+  onset : string;      (** Initial consonants *)
+  medial : string;     (** Medial consonants (between onset and nucleus) *)
+  nucleus : string;    (** Vowel core of the syllable *)
+  coda : string;       (** Final consonants *)
+  tone : string;       (** Tonal information *)
+  spelling : string;   (** Orthographic representation *)
+  start_idx : int;     (** Start position in the word *)
+  end_idx : int;       (** End position in the word *)
+  stressed : bool;     (** Whether this syllable is stressed *)
+}
+
+(** Empty syllable constant *)
+val empty : t
+
+(** Create a syllable with specified components *)
+val create : 
+  ?onset:string -> 
+  ?medial:string -> 
+  ?nucleus:string -> 
+  ?coda:string -> 
+  ?tone:string ->
+  ?spelling:string ->
+  ?start_idx:int ->
+  ?end_idx:int ->
+  ?stressed:bool ->
+  unit -> t
+
+(** Get the complete syllable string *)
+val all : t -> string
+
+(** Get the rhyme (medial + nucleus + coda) *)
+val rhyme : t -> string
+
+(** Check if the nucleus contains length marker *)
+val is_long : t -> bool
+
+(** Finalize a syllable - determine if it's stressed based on position relative to stress marker *)
+val finalize : t -> end_idx:int -> stress_idx:int -> t
+
+(** Pretty print a syllable with Unicode box drawing *)
+val pretty_print : t -> string
+
+(** Convert to string representation *)
+val to_string : t -> string
+
+(** Append operations *)
+val append_onset : t -> string -> t
+val append_nucleus : t -> string -> t
+val append_coda : t -> string -> t
+val append_tone : t -> string -> t
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