diff --git a/simpleparser.c b/simpleparser.c
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+#include "lexer.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+  char* left;
+  char* right;
+  symbols node;
+  size_t prec;
+} ASTNode;
+
+typedef struct {
+  ASTNode* nodes;
+  size_t size;
+  size_t capacity;
+} ASTTree;
+
+void tree_init(ASTTree* a){
+  if (a->capacity == 0) a->capacity = 128;
+  a->nodes = malloc(sizeof(*a->nodes)*a->capacity);
+}
+
+void construct_nodes(ASTTree* a, Token t){
+  if (a->capacity == 0) tree_init(a);
+  if (a->size >= a->capacity) {
+    a->capacity *=2;
+    a->nodes = realloc(a->nodes, sizeof(*a->nodes)*a->capacity);
+  }
+  size_t nc = 0;
+  for (size_t i=0; i<t.size; ++i){
+    switch (t.type[i]){
+      case TOKEN_PLUS:
+        assert(i >  0 && i < t.size - 1);
+        a->nodes[nc].node = TOKEN_PLUS;
+        a->nodes[nc].left = t.text[i-1];
+        a->nodes[nc].right = t.text[i+1];
+        // add precedense later for large tree construction 
+        nc++;
+        break;
+      case TOKEN_MINUS:
+        assert(i >  0 && i < t.size - 1);
+        a->nodes[nc].node = TOKEN_MINUS;
+        a->nodes[nc].left = t.text[i-1];
+        a->nodes[nc].right = t.text[i+1];
+        nc++;
+        break;
+      case TOKEN_DIV:
+        assert(i >  0 && i < t.size - 1);
+        a->nodes[nc].node = TOKEN_DIV;
+        a->nodes[nc].left = t.text[i-1];
+        a->nodes[nc].right = t.text[i+1];
+        nc++;
+        break;
+      case TOKEN_MUL:
+        assert(i >  0 && i < t.size - 1);
+        a->nodes[nc].node = TOKEN_MUL;
+        a->nodes[nc].left = t.text[i-1];
+        a->nodes[nc].right = t.text[i+1];
+        nc++;
+        break;
+      default:
+
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  a->size = nc;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv){
+  Token tokens = tokenize_all("1+2 3-4 1/2 2*7"); //invalid syntax
+  ASTTree tree = {0};
+  construct_nodes(&tree, tokens);
+  printf("node count: %zu\n", tree.size);
+  for (size_t i=0; i<tree.size; ++i){
+    printf("op: %s, left: %s right: %s\n",
+          token_type_to_string(tree.nodes[i].node),
+          tree.nodes[i].left,
+          tree.nodes[i].right);
+  }
+}
+