question: public String process ( Item item ) throws ProcessException { int count = 0 ; Item ss = item . getItemAs ( Relation . SYLLABLE ) ; Item firstSyllable = FIRST_SYLLABLE_PATH . findItem ( item ) ; for ( Item p = ss ; p != null ; p = p . getPrevious ( ) ) { if ( isAccented ( p ) ) { count ++ ; } if ( p . equalsShared ( firstSyllable ) ) { break ; } } return Integer . toString ( rail ( count ) ) ; }
target:  Performs some processing on the given item.