Traditionally, parsing is done by taking a sentence and breaking it down into different parts of speech. The words are placed into distinct grammatical categories, and then the grammatical relationships between the words are identified, allowing the reader to interpret the sentence.

What is parsing and how does it work?

Parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is the process of analyzing a string of symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar. The term parsing comes from Latin pars (orationis), meaning part (of speech).

How is parsing done in compiler?

Parser is that phase of compiler which takes token string as input and with the help of existing grammar, converts it into the corresponding parse tree. Parser is also known as Syntax Analyzer.