diff --git a/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx b/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
index c9e1b0412..80c70c333 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
+++ b/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
@@ -88,14 +88,30 @@ cdef class Parser:
             self.parse(stcls, eg.c)
         tokens.set_parse(stcls._sent)
 
-    def partial(self, Doc tokens, initial_actions):
+    def get_state(self, Doc tokens, initial_actions, continue_for=0):
         cdef StateClass stcls = StateClass.init(tokens.data, tokens.length)
         self.moves.initialize_state(stcls)
         cdef object action_name
         cdef Transition action
+        cdef Example eg
         for action_name in initial_actions:
-            action = self.moves.lookup_transition(action_name)
+            try:
+                action = self.moves.lookup_transition(action_name)
+            except IndexError:
+                break
             action.do(stcls, action.label)
+        else:
+            eg = Example(self.model.n_classes, CONTEXT_SIZE,
+                         self.model.n_feats, self.model.n_feats)
+            while not stcls.is_final() and continue_for != 0:
+                memset(eg.c.scores, 0, eg.c.nr_class * sizeof(weight_t))
+                self.moves.set_valid(eg.c.is_valid, stcls)
+                fill_context(eg.c.atoms, stcls)
+                self.model.set_scores(eg.c.scores, eg.c.atoms)
+                eg.guess = arg_max_if_true(eg.c.scores, eg.c.is_valid, self.model.n_classes)
+                self.moves.c[eg.guess].do(stcls, self.moves.c[eg.c.guess].label)
+        if stcls.is_final():
+            self.moves.finalize_state(stcls)
         tokens.set_parse(stcls._sent)
         return stcls