Antonym of "parsing"

AnonymousWhat is a grammatical term that means the opposite of "parsing"?

I don't think there is one. In fact, I don't think there is such a thing, and non-existent things don't have names!

What process can this "opposite of parsing" be? Leaving (a sentence) unparsed? Leaving (a sentence) as it is?

Maybe

What about "assembling"?

KhoshtipManWhat about "assembling"?

I don't recall "assembling" used as a grammatical term in any of the grammar books I've ever read. Where did you find it?

CJ

CalifJimMaybe you should explain further.

Thank you for the reply.

When I analyse a sentence, I parse. When I put together constituents into a grammatical and logical sentence I...?

AnonymousWhen I analyse a sentence, I parse.

OK. Yes.

AnonymousWhen I put together constituents into a grammatical and logical sentence I...?

... speak!

Or you speak grammatical, logical English. Or maybe you "compose" a sentence in your mind and convey it to others through speech or writing? These aren't grammat

CalifJimyou "compose"

That's what I need! Thank you very much for the replies.

AnonymousThat's what I need!

OK. I'm glad you got the word you were looking for, but you know it's not a grammatical term, right? It's just a word from "ordinary English".

CJ

Perhaps you could use "generate."

Generative grammar, a precisely formulated set of rules whose output is all (and only) the sentences of a language—i.e., of the language that it generates. There are many different kinds of generative grammar, including transformational grammar as developed by Noam Chomsky from the mid-1950s.

AlpheccaStarsPerhaps you could use "generate."

Good point. That's a fairly well known grammatical term.

CJ

CalifJim It's just a word from "ordinary English".

Indeed, but knowing the fact that there is no grammatical substitute for that is also useful.