diff --git a/include/libabacus.h b/include/libabacus.h
index 5b2f34c..0690b57 100644
--- a/include/libabacus.h
+++ b/include/libabacus.h
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ void libab_get_false_value(libab* ab, libab_ref* into);
  */
 void libab_get_bool_value(libab* ab, int val, libab_ref* into);
 
+/**
+ * Parses the given piece of code using the given libabacus instance.
+ * @param ab the instance to use to parse the code.
+ * @param string the source code to parse.
+ * @param into the value to store the newly parsed tree into.
+ */
+libab_result libab_parse(libab* ab, const char* string, libab_tree** into);
 /**
  * Executes the given string of code.
  * @param ab the libabacus instance to use for executing code.
diff --git a/src/libabacus.c b/src/libabacus.c
index 58029aa..9d76eec 100644
--- a/src/libabacus.c
+++ b/src/libabacus.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void libab_get_bool_value(libab* ab, int val, libab_ref* into) {
     val ? libab_get_true_value(ab, into) : libab_get_false_value(ab, into);
 }
 
-libab_result _create_tree(libab* ab, const char* string, libab_tree** into) {
+libab_result libab_parse(libab* ab, const char* string, libab_tree** into) {
     libab_result result = LIBAB_SUCCESS;
     ll tokens;
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ libab_result libab_run(libab* ab, const char* string, libab_ref* value) {
     libab_tree* root;
 
     libab_ref_null(value);
-    result = _create_tree(ab, string, &root);
+    result = libab_parse(ab, string, &root);
 
     if (result == LIBAB_SUCCESS) {
         libab_ref_free(value);
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ libab_result libab_run_scoped(libab* ab, const char* string, libab_ref* scope, l
     libab_tree* root;
 
     libab_ref_null(into);
-    result = _create_tree(ab, string, &root);
+    result = libab_parse(ab, string, &root);
     if(result == LIBAB_SUCCESS) {
         libab_ref_free(into);
         result = libab_interpreter_run(&ab->intr, root, scope, SCOPE_NONE, into);