parse
v.v. to break a piece of text or data into smaller parts so a computer can understand it. You also use this when you try to understand the meaning of a sentence by looking at its structure.
v. to analyze a string of characters or data into its component parts, typically for the purpose of translation or processing. In a linguistic context, it refers to the process of analyzing a sentence into its grammatical components to determine its structure and meaning.
The computer can parse the data from the file.
The parser failed to parse the XML document because the tags were not properly closed.
A sophisticated natural language processing system must first parse the sentence to identify the subject and object before it can determine the underlying logical relationship between the clauses.
Possibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).