diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 3bba22f83..e39e01577 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ packages: .
           semantic-go
           semantic-java
           semantic-json
+          semantic-parse
           semantic-python
           semantic-ruby
           semantic-scope-graph
diff --git a/cabal.project.ci b/cabal.project.ci
index 4ce526d96..d8c29ef4a 100644
--- a/cabal.project.ci
+++ b/cabal.project.ci
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ packages: .
           semantic-go
           semantic-java
           semantic-json
+          semantic-parse
           semantic-python
           semantic-ruby
           semantic-scope-graph
diff --git a/script/ghci-flags b/script/ghci-flags
index 627c9f3e8..1d2842bb9 100755
--- a/script/ghci-flags
+++ b/script/ghci-flags
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ function flags {
   echo "-isemantic-go/src"
   echo "-isemantic-java/src"
   echo "-isemantic-json/src"
+  echo "-isemantic-parse/src"
   echo "-isemantic-python/src"
   echo "-isemantic-python/test"
   echo "-isemantic-ruby/src"
diff --git a/semantic-parse/CHANGELOG.md b/semantic-parse/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee89a5d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantic-parse/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Revision history for semantic-parse
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- YYYY-mm-dd
+
+* First version. Released on an unsuspecting world.
diff --git a/semantic-parse/LICENSE b/semantic-parse/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..331b241b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantic-parse/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 GitHub
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/semantic-parse/Setup.hs b/semantic-parse/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a994af67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantic-parse/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/semantic-parse/app/Main.hs b/semantic-parse/app/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9425b22a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantic-parse/app/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+
+module Main (main) where
+
+import AST.Unmarshal
+import qualified Language.Python.AST as AST
+import qualified Language.Python.Grammar as Python
+import Source.Range
+import Source.Span
+import Data.Aeson (toJSON)
+import Data.ByteString.Char8
+import Data.ByteString (readFile)
+import Options.Applicative hiding (style)
+import Text.Pretty.Simple (pPrint, pPrintNoColor)
+import Data.Foldable (traverse_)
+import Control.Monad ((>=>))
+import Marshal.JSON (marshal)
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 (putStrLn)
+import Data.Aeson.Encode.Pretty (encodePretty)
+
+data SemanticAST = SemanticAST
+  { _format :: Format
+  , _noColor  :: Bool
+  , _source :: Either [FilePath] String
+  }
+
+-- Usage: semantic-ast --format ARG [--no-color] (--sourceString STRING | FILEPATHS…)
+parseAST :: Parser SemanticAST
+parseAST = SemanticAST
+  <$> option auto
+    ( long "format"
+    <> help "Specify desired output: show, json, sexpression" )
+  <*> switch
+    ( long "no-color"
+    <> help "Print with color: --color"
+    )
+  <*> (Left <$> some
+    (Options.Applicative.argument str (metavar "FILEPATH(S)"))
+    <|> Right <$> strOption
+      ( long "sourceString"
+      <> metavar "STRING"
+      <> help "Specify source input to parse"
+      ))
+
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = generateAST =<< execParser opts
+
+
+generateAST :: SemanticAST -> IO ()
+generateAST (SemanticAST format noColor source) =
+  getByteStrings >>= traverse_ go
+  where getByteStrings = case source of
+          Left filePaths -> traverse Data.ByteString.readFile filePaths
+          Right source   -> pure [Data.ByteString.Char8.pack source]
+        go = ast >=> display
+        ast = parseByteString @AST.Module @(Range, Span) Python.tree_sitter_python -- TODO: generalize for all languages
+        display = case format of
+          Json -> Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8.putStrLn . encodePretty . either toJSON (marshal . fmap (const ())) -- TODO: replacing range and span annotations with () for which there is a ToJSON instance for now, deal with this later
+          Show -> print
+          Pretty | noColor -> pPrintNoColor
+                 | otherwise -> pPrint
+
+
+opts :: ParserInfo SemanticAST
+opts = info (parseAST <**> helper)
+  ( fullDesc
+ <> progDesc "Parse source code and produce an AST"
+ <> header "semantic-ast is a package used to parse source code" )
+
+-- TODO: Define formats for json, sexpression, etc.
+data Format = Show
+            | Pretty
+            | Json
+  deriving (Read)
diff --git a/semantic-parse/semantic-parse.cabal b/semantic-parse/semantic-parse.cabal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d428745c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantic-parse/semantic-parse.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+cabal-version:       2.4
+-- Initial package description 'semantic-ast.cabal' generated by 'cabal
+-- init'.  For further documentation, see
+-- http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                semantic-parse
+version:             0.1.0.0
+-- synopsis:
+-- description:
+-- bug-reports:
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              The Semantic Authors
+maintainer:          opensource+semantic@github.com
+copyright:           (c) 2019 GitHub, Inc.
+category:            Language
+extra-source-files:  CHANGELOG.md
+
+tested-with:         GHC == 8.6.5
+
+common haskell
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:
+    -Weverything
+    -Wno-missing-local-signatures
+    -Wno-missing-import-lists
+    -Wno-implicit-prelude
+    -Wno-safe
+    -Wno-unsafe
+    -Wno-name-shadowing
+    -Wno-monomorphism-restriction
+    -Wno-missed-specialisations
+    -Wno-all-missed-specialisations
+    -Wno-star-is-type
+  if (impl(ghc >= 8.8))
+    ghc-options: -Wno-missing-deriving-strategies
+
+executable semantic-parse
+  import:              haskell
+  main-is:             Main.hs
+  -- other-modules:
+  -- other-extensions:
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , semantic-ast
+                     , tree-sitter
+                     , semantic-source
+                     , tree-sitter-python ^>= 0.8.1
+                     , bytestring
+                     , optparse-applicative
+                     , pretty-simple
+                     , aeson
+                     , bytestring
+                     , aeson-pretty
+                     , semantic-python
+                     , text
+  hs-source-dirs:      app
+  default-language:    Haskell2010