parsing

1. The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program). (uncountable) · Parsing an Old English text can be difficult.
2. An instance of that act or process; a parse. (countable) · A parsing of a sentence about a horse can yield several possible results.
3. Any result of such an instance; a parse; an acceptation. (countable) · Upon review, for the word horse, the parsing "animal" was rejected in favor of the parsing "piece of gymnastic equipment".

Plural parsings