private void readLeftSylDetails() {
    try {
      // <leftSyl tone="0" finalPhnm="NUL" leftPhnmType="NUL">NULL</leftSyl>
      syllable.setLeftTone(StrToInt(xMLStreamReader.getAttributeValue(0)));
      syllable.setLeftPhoneme(xMLStreamReader.getAttributeValue(1));
      syllable.setLeftPhonemeType(xMLStreamReader.getAttributeValue(2));
      syllable.setLeftSyl(xMLStreamReader.getElementText());

    } catch (XMLStreamException ex) {
      Logger.getLogger(TextDBReader.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }
  }