How to use the prosodic.dict function in prosodic

def __init__(self,corpusRoot,lang=None,printout=None,corpusFiles="*.txt",phrasebreak=',;:.?!()[]{}<>',limWord=None):
		import prosodic
		## entity-shared attribtues

		self.lang=prosodic.config['lang'] if not lang else lang
		self.dict=prosodic.dict[self.lang]
		self.parent=False
		#self.foldername=corpusRoot.split("/").pop().strip()
		self.children=[]	# texts
		self.feats = {}
		self.featpaths={}
		self.finished = False
		self.config=prosodic.config
		self.meter=None
		if printout==None: printout=being.printout

		## corpus attributes
		self.corpusRoot = corpusRoot
		self.corpusFiles = corpusFiles
		self.name=os.path.split(os.path.abspath(self.corpusRoot))[-1]
		self.foldername=self.name
		self.dir_results = prosodic.dir_results

import prosodic

		## load/write-load text
		if os.path.exists(filename):
			self.filename = filename
			self.name = filename.split("/").pop().strip()
		else:
			fn=os.path.join(sys.path[0],'.directinput.txt')
			write(fn,filename.replace('//','\n\n').replace('/','\n'))
			self.filename=fn
			filename=fn
			self.name = '_directinput_'

		## set language
		if lang==None:
			if self.name[2]=="." and (self.name[0:2] in prosodic.dict):
				lang=self.name[0:2]
			elif prosodic.lang:
				lang=prosodic.lang
			else:
				lang=choose(prosodic.languages,"in what language is '"+self.name+"' written?")
				if not lang:
					lang=prosodic.languages[0]
					print "!! language choice not recognized. defaulting to: "+lang
				else:
					lang=lang.pop()
		try:
			self.dict=prosodic.dict[lang]
		except KeyError:
			lang0=lang
			lang=prosodic.languages[0]
			print "!! language "+lang0+" not recognized. defaulting to: "+lang

if not filename: return 'en'
		filename=os.path.basename(filename)
		import prosodic
		if self.isFromFile and len(filename)>2 and filename[2]=="." and (filename[0:2] in prosodic.dict):
			lang=filename[0:2]
		elif prosodic.lang:
			lang=prosodic.lang
		else:
			lang=choose(prosodic.languages,"in what language is '"+self.name+"' written?")
			if not lang:
				lang=prosodic.languages[0]
				print("!! language choice not recognized. defaulting to: "+lang)
			else:
				lang=lang.pop()

		if not lang in prosodic.dict:
			lang0=lang
			lang=prosodic.languages[0]
			print("!! language "+lang0+" not recognized. defaulting to: "+lang)

		return lang

def __init__(self,token,syllables=None,sylls_text=[],broken=False,lang=None):
		if syllables==None:
			import prosodic
			if lang==None:
				lang=prosodic.lang
			w=prosodic.dict[lang].get(token)[0]
			if not len(w.__dict__):
				self.broken=True
			else:
				for k,v in list(w.__dict__.items()):
					setattr(self,k,v)
			return


		self.token = token.lower()	# the case-sensitive, non-punctuation representation
		self.punct = ""	# the right-aligned punctuation (if any)
		self.sylls_text=sylls_text	# a list of strings, representing this word's syllabification
		self.finished = False	# finished parameter

		self.children = syllables	# pre-loaded Syllable objects
		self.numSyll = len(syllables)	# the number of syllables
		self.broken=broken