1. analyzes a sentence or string of characters into its component parts and describes their syntactic roles
Usage: computing; linguistics
2. examines and describes the grammatical structure of a sentence
Usage: grammar

Examples

• The compiler parses the code to check for syntax errors.
• She parses each sentence to identify the subject and predicate.
• The program parses XML data into readable format.
• Students learn to parse complex sentences in grammar class.
• The software parses user input before processing commands.
• He parses the legal document to understand its structure.