pr[1, ...].parse_string(text).dump()) # instead of OneOrMore(expr), parse using Dict(Group(expr)[1, ...]) - Dict will auto-assign names result = Dict(Group(attr_expr)[1, ...]).parse_string(text) print(result.dump()) # access named fields as dict entries, or output as dict print(result['shape']) print(result.as_dict()) prints:: ['shape', 'SQUARE', 'posn', 'upper left', 'color', 'light blue', 'texture', 'burlap'] [['shape', 'SQUARE'], ['posn', 'upper left'], ['color', 'light blue'], ['texture', 'burlap']] - color: 'light blue' - posn: 'upper left' - shape: 'SQUARE' - texture: 'burlap' SQUARE {'color': 'light blue', 'posn': 'upper left', 'texture': 'burlap', 'shape': 'SQUARE'} See more examples at :class:`ParseResults` of accessing fields by results name. rē