noun
- the process of analyzing a sentence or string of characters into its component parts and describing their syntactic roles
Usage: grammar; computing
verb
- to analyze a sentence or string of characters by identifying the parts of speech and describing their syntactic roles
Usage: grammar; computing
Examples
- The students practiced parsing complex sentences in grammar class.
- The compiler is parsing the source code for syntax errors.
- Parsing this sentence reveals its subject and predicate.
- The natural language processing system excels at parsing user queries.
- She spent hours parsing the legal document to understand its meaning.
- The parser is parsing each line of the configuration file.
- Parsing poetry requires understanding both grammar and literary devices.