Literary notes about parse (AI summary)
In literary contexts, the term "parse" operates on multiple levels. Often, it is employed in a technical sense to instruct readers to analyze a word’s grammatical features—its class, conjugation, case, and related properties—as part of linguistic exercises [1, 2, 3]. At times, it extends beyond mere structural analysis to invite a deeper, sometimes metaphorical, dissection of abstract ideas or qualities, as seen when virtues and moral constructs are subject to scrutiny [4]. Additionally, there is a playful dimension where "parse" appears as a character’s name, blurring the line between grammatical terminology and narrative identity [5, 6]. This multifaceted use underscores not only the practicality of parsing in academic and grammatical contexts but also its creative potential in literature.
- To parse a verb is to state its class , its conjugation , its voice , its mode , its tense , its person , and number , and its subject .
— from English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools by G. H. (George Henry) Armstrong - To parse a noun is to state the class to which it belongs, its gender, number, case, and its grammatical relation to other words in the sentence.
— from English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools by G. H. (George Henry) Armstrong - Analyze and diagram the following sentences, and parse the nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives.
— from Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Brainerd Kellogg - From the standpoint of essential values, therefore, the felon finds it more and more puzzling to parse virtue.
— from Criminal Types by V. M. (Vincent Myron) Masten - A cold, but firm little hand was slipped into Dora Parse's.
— from O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 - Now Dora Parse grew very pale, too, and she leaned far back against her man's arms, her eyes wide with terror.
— from O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
