# Parse Failure \[No parser for element \[must\_not\]\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-failure-no-parser-for-element-must-not/8659>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 7, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-failure-no-parser-for-element-must-not/8659 "2012-08-07T19:26:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lyle\_Underwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lyle_underwood/32/2783_2.png) [@Lyle\_Underwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lyle_Underwood)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-failure-no-parser-for-element-must-not/8659/1 "2012-08-07T19:26:33Z")

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Anybody have thoughts on this error from the following query?

> <https://gist.github.com/dewski/76b7604faf3936c63a41>

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**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-failure-no-parser-for-element-must-not/8659/2 "2012-08-07T19:50:20Z")

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I think what you meant is:

{  
"query": {  
"bool": {  
"must": [  
{  
"query\_string": {  
"query": "kyle"  
}  
}  
],  
"must\_not": [  
{  
"term": {  
"github": {  
"term": "dewski"  
}  
}  
}  
]  
}  
}  
.......

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 3:26:33 PM UTC-4, Lyle Underwood wrote:

> Anybody have thoughts on this error from the following query?
> 
> [fu · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/76b7604faf3936c63a41#file_query.json)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-failure-no-parser-for-element-must-not/8659/3 "2017-07-06T03:17:27Z")

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