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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, stream, *args, **kwargs):
 """Parse a HTML document into a well-formed tree :arg stream: a file-like object or string containing the HTML to be parsed The optional encoding parameter must be a string that indicates the encoding. If specified, that encoding will be used, regardless of any BOM or later declaration (such as in a meta element). :arg scripting: treat noscript elements as if JavaScript was turned on :returns: parsed tree Example: <Element u'{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}html' at 0x7feac4909db0> """

        self._parse(stream, False, None, *args, **kwargs)
        return self.tree.getDocument()