Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

parse

parse (pars) , transitive verb

[Latin pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.]

(Grammar) 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.
Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. — Ascham