/pärs/
[from linguistic terminology]
vt. 1. To determine the syntactic structure of a sentence or other utterance (close to the standard English meaning).
"That was the one I saw you."
"I can't parse that."
2. More generally, to understand or comprehend.
"It's very simple; you just kretch the glims and then aos the zotz."
"I can't parse that."
3. Of fish, to have to remove the bones yourself.