VOI-008 Heuristic layer: sentence

Limit accidental alliteration and rhyme

IF repeated sound distracts from serious meaning AND is unintended, THEN vary one word ELSE retain purposeful sound pattern.

Why the rule exists

Sound should support rather than trivialize the message.

Condition

The rule fires when this evaluates true. Paths marked below must be present in the fact base; the engine reports the rest rather than guessing them.

ALL
- ANY
  - sentence.alliteration_density eq "high"
  - sentence.accidental_rhyme eq true
- sentence.sound_pattern_intended eq false

Facts this rule reads

Fact paths read by VOI-008 and whether the analyser derives them
Path	Source
`sentence.alliteration_density`	You supply it
`sentence.accidental_rhyme`	You supply it
`sentence.sound_pattern_intended`	You supply it

Then

replace — target sentence.one_sound_repeating_word

Else

retain — target current_text, No triggering condition is present.

LAKA

Smallest sufficient intervention

Yes

Primary axes

Sources

Steering the Craft — Ursula K. Le Guin
Sound, rhythm, syntax, point of view, and exercises.

The raw rule record

Verbatim from 12-voice-rhythm-rules.json. Also available at /v1/rules/VOI-008.

{
  "id": "VOI-008",
  "name": "Limit accidental alliteration and rhyme",
  "domain": "rhythm",
  "layer": "sentence",
  "strength": "heuristic",
  "human_logic": "IF repeated sound distracts from serious meaning AND is unintended, THEN vary one word ELSE retain purposeful sound pattern.",
  "when": {
    "all": [
      {
        "any": [
          {
            "path": "sentence.alliteration_density",
            "operator": "eq",
            "value": "high"
          },
          {
            "path": "sentence.accidental_rhyme",
            "operator": "eq",
            "value": true
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "sentence.sound_pattern_intended",
        "operator": "eq",
        "value": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "then": [
    {
      "action": "replace",
      "target": "sentence.one_sound_repeating_word",
      "preserve": "meaning_and_voice"
    }
  ],
  "else": [
    {
      "action": "retain",
      "target": "current_text",
      "reason": "No triggering condition is present."
    }
  ],
  "unless": [],
  "because": "Sound should support rather than trivialize the message.",
  "diagnostics": [],
  "examples": {},
  "source_ids": [
    "BK-019"
  ],
  "laka": {
    "smallest_sufficient_intervention": true,
    "primary_axes": [
      "scope",
      "depth",
      "magnitude",
      "reversibility"
    ]
  }
}