parse \parse\ (p[aum]rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. parsed
(p[aum]rst); p. pr. & vb. n. parsing.] [L. pars a part;
pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.] (Gram.)
To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the
several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by
government or agreement; to analyze and describe
grammatically.
[1913 Webster]
Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it
over perfectly. --Ascham.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
parse
v : analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure
to (a sentence)
WordNet (r) 2.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "parse":
analyze, block out, bracket, conjugate, decline, detail, enumerate,
hyphenate, inflect, itemize, mark, number, outline, parenthesize,
point, punctuate, resolve, scan, schematize
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
parse [from linguistic terminology] vt. 1. To determine the syntactic
structure of a sentence or other utterance (close to the standard
English meaning). "That was the one I saw you." "I can't parse that." 2.
More generally, to understand or comprehend. "It's very simple; you just
kretch the glims and then aos the zotz." "I can't parse that." 3. Of
fish, to have to remove the bones yourself. "I object to parsing fish",
means "I don't want to get a whole fish, but a sliced one is okay". A
`parsed fish' has been deboned. There is some controversy over whether
`unparsed' should mean `bony', or also mean `deboned'.
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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