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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _parse(self):
 """Parses file contents :return: Tree hierarchy of file """

        with open(self.path, "rt") as reader:
            return ast.parse(reader.read(), filename=self.path)