parse
verb (used with object)
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"Oh, yes"; then quickly she added, "I am parsing it."
From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Helen Reimensnyder Martin