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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, input_text, syncmap):
 """ Parse the given ``input_text`` and append the extracted fragments to ``syncmap``. :param input_text: the input text as a Unicode string (read from file) :type input_text: string :param syncmap: the syncmap to append to :type syncmap: :class:`~aeneas.syncmap.SyncMap` """

        self.log_exc(u"%s is abstract and cannot be called directly" % (self.TAG), None, True, NotImplementedError)