diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+.PHONY: clean watch watch-grammar
+
+grammar: grammar/ev_lex.g4 grammar/ev_parse.g4
+	antlr -Dlanguage=Python3 grammar/ev_lex.g4 grammar/ev_parse.g4 \
+			-o evlang/antlr  -lib grammar -Xexact-output-dir
+
+watch-grammar: 
+	make watch WATCHMAKE=grammar
+
+watch: 
+	while true; do \
+		make $(WATCHMAKE); \
+		fswatch -1 grammar/ev_lex.g4 grammar/ev_parse.g4; \
+	done
+
+
+clean: 
+	rm -rf build
diff --git a/evlang/__init__.py b/evlang/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/evlang/ast.py b/evlang/ast.py
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+++ b/evlang/ast.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import (
+    List,
+)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SourceInfo:
+    startpos: int
+    endpos: int
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Literal:
+    class Kind(Enum):
+        STRING = "string"
+        DECIMAL_INT = "decimal_int"
+        HEX_INT = "hex_int"
+        BIN_INT = "bin_int"
+        DECIMAL_FLOAT = "decimal_float"
+        IDENTIFIER = "identifier"
+
+    srcinfo: SourceInfo
+    kind: Kind
+    text: str
+
+    def is_int(self) -> bool:
+        return self.kind in (
+            Literal.Kind.DECIMAL_INT,
+            Literal.Kind.HEX_INT,
+            Literal.Kind.BIN_INT,
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def String(srcinfo: SourceInfo, text: str) -> Literal:
+        return Literal(srcinfo, Literal.Kind.STRING, text)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def DecimalInt(srcinfo: SourceInfo, text: str) -> Literal:
+        return Literal(srcinfo, Literal.Kind.DECIMAL_INT, text)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def HexInt(srcinfo: SourceInfo, text: str) -> Literal:
+        return Literal(srcinfo, Literal.Kind.HEX_INT, text)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def BinInt(srcinfo: SourceInfo, text: str) -> Literal:
+        return Literal(srcinfo, Literal.Kind.BIN_INT, text)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def DecimalFloat(srcinfo: SourceInfo, text: str) -> Literal:
+        return Literal(srcinfo, Literal.Kind.DECIMAL_FLOAT, text)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def Identifier(srcinfo: SourceInfo, text: str) -> Literal:
+        return Literal(srcinfo, Literal.Kind.IDENTIFIER, text)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Operator:
+    srcinfo: SourceInfo
+    text: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Unary:
+    srcinfo: SourceInfo
+    operator: Operator
+    operand: Operand
+
+
+Operand = Literal | Unary
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Call:
+    srcinfo: SourceInfo
+    expression: Expression
+    arguments: List[Expression]
+
+
+@dataclass
+class LabeledStatement:
+    srcinfo: SourceInfo
+    label: str
+    statement: SimpleStatement
+
+
+Expression = Operand | Unary | Call
+SimpleStatement = Expression
+Statement = SimpleStatement | LabeledStatement
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Program:
+    srcinfo: SourceInfo
+    statements: List[Statement]
diff --git a/evlang/parse.py b/evlang/parse.py
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+++ b/evlang/parse.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import antlr4
+from antlr4.tree.Tree import INVALID_INTERVAL
+
+from evlang.antlr.ev_lex import ev_lex
+from evlang.antlr.ev_parse import ev_parse
+from evlang.antlr.ev_parseListener import ev_parseListener
+from evlang.partial import partial, snake
+from evlang.ast import (
+    Call,
+    Expression,
+    LabeledStatement,
+    Literal,
+    Operator,
+    Program,
+    SourceInfo,
+    Statement,
+    Unary,
+)
+
+
+class Listener(ev_parseListener):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.partial_program = partial(Program)
+        self.stack = [self.partial_program]
+
+    def getsrcinfo(self, ctx):
+        interval = ctx.getSourceInterval()
+        if interval is INVALID_INTERVAL:
+            return None
+        return SourceInfo(startpos=interval[0], endpos=interval[1])
+
+    def push(self, args):
+        self.stack.append(args)
+
+    def call(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        i = 0
+        while self.stack and args or len(self.stack) >= 2 and i == 0:
+            try:
+                ret = self.stack[-1](*args, **kwargs)
+            except StopIteration:
+                if len(self.stack) == 1:
+                    return
+                ret = self.stack[-1]()
+            else:
+                if (
+                    i != 0
+                    or ret == self.stack[-1]
+                    or ret == None
+                    or len(self.stack) == 1
+                ):
+                    return
+            self.stack.pop()
+            args, kwargs = (ret,), {}
+            i += 1
+
+    def enterProgram(self, ctx: ev_parse.ProgramContext):
+        self.call(self.getsrcinfo(ctx))
+
+    def enterStatementList(self, _):
+        self.push(snake(Statement))
+
+    def exitStatementList(self, _):
+        self.call()
+
+    def enterLabeledStatement(self, ctx: ev_parse.LabeledStatementContext):
+        self.push(
+            partial(LabeledStatement)(
+                self.getsrcinfo(ctx),
+                ctx.label().IDENTIFIER().getText(),
+            )
+        )
+
+    def enterOperatorUnary(self, ctx: ev_parse.OperatorUnaryContext):
+        self.push(
+            partial(Unary)(
+                self.getsrcinfo(ctx),
+                Operator(
+                    self.getsrcinfo(ctx.OPERATOR()),
+                    ctx.OPERATOR().getText(),
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+
+    def enterExpressionList(self, _):
+        self.push(snake(Expression))
+
+    def exitExpressionList(self, _):
+        self.call()
+
+    def enterCallExpression(self, ctx: ev_parse.CallExpressionContext):
+        self.push(partial(Call)(self.getsrcinfo(ctx)))
+
+    def enterIdentifierOperand(self, ctx: ev_parse.IdentifierOperandContext):
+        self.call(Literal.Identifier(self.getsrcinfo(ctx), ctx.IDENTIFIER().getText()))
+
+    def enterLiteral(self, ctx: ev_parse.LiteralContext):
+        self.call(
+            {
+                ev_parse.STRING_LIT: Literal.String,
+                ev_parse.DECIMAL_INT_LIT: Literal.DecimalInt,
+                ev_parse.HEX_INT_LIT: Literal.HexInt,
+                ev_parse.BIN_INT_LIT: Literal.BinInt,
+                ev_parse.DECIMAL_FLOAT_LIT: Literal.DecimalFloat,
+            }[ctx.children[0].symbol.type](
+                self.getsrcinfo(ctx),
+                ctx.children[0].getText(),
+            )
+        )
+
+
+def parse(src: str):
+    input_stream = antlr4.InputStream(src)
+    lexer = ev_lex(input_stream)
+    stream = antlr4.CommonTokenStream(lexer)
+    parser = ev_parse(stream)
+    tree = parser.program()
+    listener = Listener()
+    walker = antlr4.ParseTreeWalker()
+    walker.walk(listener, tree)
+    return listener.partial_program()
diff --git a/evlang/partial.py b/evlang/partial.py
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+++ b/evlang/partial.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import Callable, Generic, List, Type, TypeVar, overload
+from inspect import Signature
+
+F = TypeVar("F", bound=Callable)
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+class partial(Generic[F]):
+    def __init__(self, func: F, eager: bool = True, callcount: int | None = None):
+        self._sig = Signature.from_callable(func)
+        self._binding = self._sig.bind_partial()
+        self._emptycall = False
+        self._kwonly = False
+        self._func = func
+        self._eager = eager
+        self._callcount = callcount
+        self._calls = 0
+
+    @overload
+    def __call__(self: partial[Callable[..., T]]) -> T:
+        pass
+
+    @overload
+    def __call__(
+        self: partial[Callable[..., T]], *args, **kwargs
+    ) -> T | partial[Callable[..., T]] | None:
+        pass
+
+    def __call__(
+        self: partial[Callable[..., T]], *args, **kwargs
+    ) -> T | partial[Callable[..., T]] | None:
+        if args and self._kwonly:
+            raise TypeError("positional argument following keyword argument")
+        if kwargs:
+            self._kwonly = True
+        if not args and not kwargs:
+            if self._callcount is not None and self._calls < self._callcount:
+                raise TypeError("empty call before call count reached")
+            if self._emptycall:
+                raise TypeError("more than one empty call")
+            self._emptycall = True
+            binding = self._sig.bind(*self._binding.args, **self._binding.kwargs)
+            return self._func(*binding.args, **binding.kwargs)
+        if self._emptycall:
+            raise TypeError("cannot apply arguments after empty call")
+        if self._callcount is not None and self._calls == self._callcount:
+            raise TypeError("cannot apply arguments after empty call")
+        self._calls += 1
+        partial_binding = self._sig.bind_partial(
+            *(self._binding.args + args), **({} | self._binding.kwargs | kwargs)
+        )
+        try:
+            binding = self._sig.bind(
+                *(self._binding.args + args), **({} | self._binding.kwargs | kwargs)
+            )
+        except TypeError:
+            self._binding = partial_binding
+        else:
+            self._binding = binding
+            if self._eager:
+                raise StopIteration()
+        if self._callcount is not None and self._calls == self._callcount:
+            raise StopIteration()
+        return self
+
+
+E = TypeVar("E")
+
+
+def snake(_: Type[E], capacity=None) -> partial[Callable[..., List[E]]]:
+    def args(*args: E) -> List[E]:
+        return list(args)
+
+    return partial(args, eager=False, callcount=capacity)
+
+
+s = snake(int)
+s1 = s(1)
+s1 = s()
diff --git a/evlang/partial_test.py b/evlang/partial_test.py
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+++ b/evlang/partial_test.py
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+from pytest import raises, mark
+from evlang.partial import snake, partial
+from evlang.ast import Literal, SourceInfo
+
+
+@mark.parametrize(
+    ("stack", "f", "expected"),
+    [
+        (
+            partial(Literal),
+            lambda lit: lit(SourceInfo(0, 0))(Literal.Kind.STRING)("foo"),
+            Literal(SourceInfo(0, 0), Literal.Kind.STRING, "foo"),
+        ),
+        (
+            partial(Literal),
+            lambda lit: lit(text="foo")(srcinfo=SourceInfo(0, 0))(
+                kind=Literal.Kind.STRING
+            ),
+            Literal(SourceInfo(0, 0), Literal.Kind.STRING, "foo"),
+        ),
+        (
+            partial(Literal),
+            lambda lit: lit(text="foo")(text="foo")(srcinfo=SourceInfo(0, 0))(
+                kind=Literal.Kind.STRING
+            ),
+            Literal(SourceInfo(0, 0), Literal.Kind.STRING, "foo"),
+        ),
+        (snake(int, 3), lambda snek: snek(1)(2)(3), [1, 2, 3]),
+    ],
+)
+def test_stacks(stack, f, expected):
+    with raises(StopIteration):
+        f(stack)
+    assert expected == stack()
+
+
+@mark.parametrize(
+    ("stack", "f", "ecls"),
+    [
+        (
+            partial(Literal),
+            lambda lit: lit(SourceInfo(0, 0))(kind=Literal.Kind.STRING)("foo"),
+            TypeError,
+        ),
+        (
+            partial(Literal),
+            lambda lit: lit(),
+            TypeError,
+        ),
+        (snake(int, capacity=3), lambda snek: snek(1)(), TypeError),
+    ],
+)
+def test_stacks_raises(stack, f, ecls):
+    with raises(ecls):
+        f(stack)
diff --git a/evlang/test_parse.py b/evlang/test_parse.py
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+++ b/evlang/test_parse.py
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+from evlang.ast import (
+    Call,
+    LabeledStatement,
+    Literal,
+    Operator,
+    Program,
+    SourceInfo,
+    Unary,
+)
+from evlang.parse import parse
+import orjson
+from pytest import mark, fixture
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+SI = SourceInfo(0, 0)
+
+
+@fixture
+def mock_sourceinfo(mocker: MockerFixture):
+    mocker.patch("evlang.parse.Listener.getsrcinfo", return_value=SI)
+    return mocker
+
+
+@mark.parametrize(
+    ("src", "expected"),
+    [
+        (
+            "hello: world()",
+            Program(
+                SI,
+                [
+                    LabeledStatement(
+                        SI,
+                        "hello",
+                        Call(
+                            SI,
+                            Literal.Identifier(SI, "world"),
+                            [],
+                        ),
+                    )
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+        (
+            """
+            world(bar(), foo())()
+            """,
+            Program(
+                SI,
+                [
+                    Call(
+                        SI,
+                        Call(
+                            SI,
+                            Literal.Identifier(SI, "world"),
+                            [
+                                Call(SI, Literal.Identifier(SI, "bar"), []),
+                                Call(SI, Literal.Identifier(SI, "foo"), []),
+                            ],
+                        ),
+                        [],
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+        (
+            """
+            0x100001
+            0b0001
+            -2.999e-100
+            +1234
+            -0xFFF
+            """,
+            Program(
+                SI,
+                [
+                    Literal.HexInt(SI, "0x100001"),
+                    Literal.BinInt(SI, "0b0001"),
+                    Unary(
+                        SI, Operator(SI, "-"), Literal.DecimalFloat(SI, "2.999e-100")
+                    ),
+                    Unary(SI, Operator(SI, "+"), Literal.DecimalInt(SI, "1234")),
+                    Unary(SI, Operator(SI, "-"), Literal.HexInt(SI, "0xFFF")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+        (
+            """
+            ev_z80r0101_obj00:
+                _TALKMSG('dp_scenario2%00-some-locale-label') 
+                _END()
+            ev_z80r0101_obj01:
+                _GET_POKETCH()
+                _ADD_POKEMON(181, 50, 0, @247) 
+            """,
+            Program(
+                SI,
+                [
+                    LabeledStatement(
+                        SI,
+                        "ev_z80r0101_obj00",
+                        Call(
+                            SI,
+                            Literal.Identifier(
+                                SI,
+                                "_TALKMSG",
+                            ),
+                            [Literal.String(SI, "'dp_scenario2%00-some-locale-label'")],
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                    Call(
+                        SI,
+                        Literal.Identifier(SI, "_END"),
+                        [],
+                    ),
+                    LabeledStatement(
+                        SI,
+                        "ev_z80r0101_obj01",
+                        Call(
+                            SI,
+                            Literal.Identifier(
+                                SI,
+                                "_GET_POKETCH",
+                            ),
+                            [],
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                    Call(
+                        SI,
+                        Literal.Identifier(SI, "_ADD_POKEMON"),
+                        [
+                            Literal.DecimalInt(SI, "181"),
+                            Literal.DecimalInt(SI, "50"),
+                            Literal.DecimalInt(SI, "0"),
+                            Unary(
+                                SI,
+                                Operator(SI, "@"),
+                                Literal.DecimalInt(SI, "247"),
+                            ),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_parse(mock_sourceinfo, src: str, expected: Program):
+    program = parse(src)
+    assert expected == program
diff --git a/grammar/ev_lex.g4 b/grammar/ev_lex.g4
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/grammar/ev_lex.g4
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+lexer grammar ev_lex;
+
+channels { COMMENTS }
+
+IDENTIFIER : '_'? [a-zA-Z] [_a-zA-Z0-9]* ; 
+
+STRING_LIT : '\u0027' ~'\u0027'* '\u0027' ;
+
+HEX_INT_LIT : '0x' [0-9a-fA-F]+ ;
+BIN_INT_LIT : '0b' [01]+ ;
+DECIMAL_INT_LIT : [0-9]+ DECIMAL_EXPONENT?;
+DECIMAL_EXPONENT : [eE] [0-9]+ ;
+
+DECIMAL_FLOAT_LIT : [0-9]+ '.' [0-9]* (DECIMAL_FLOAT_EXPONENT)? ;
+DECIMAL_FLOAT_EXPONENT : [eE] [+-]? [0-9]+ ;
+
+OPERATOR : PLUS | MINUS | AT | HASHTAG | DOLLAR | EXCLAM ;
+
+COLON : ':' ;
+COMMA : ',' ;
+PAREN_LEFT : '(' ;
+PAREN_RIGHT : ')' ;
+EOL : [\r\n]+ ;
+WS : [ \t] -> skip ;
+PLUS : '+' ; 
+MINUS : '-' ; 
+AT : '@' ;
+HASHTAG : '#' ;
+DOLLAR : '$' ; 
+EXCLAM : '!' ;
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diff --git a/grammar/ev_parse.g4 b/grammar/ev_parse.g4
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+++ b/grammar/ev_parse.g4
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+parser grammar ev_parse;
+
+options {
+	tokenVocab = ev_lex;
+}
+
+program: EOL* statementList EOL* EOF;
+statementList: statement (EOL statement)* |;
+statement:
+	expression			# ExpressionStatement
+	| label expression	# LabeledStatement;
+expression:
+	operand					# OperandExpression
+	| unary					# UnaryExpression
+	| expression arguments	# CallExpression;
+unary: operand # OperandUnary | OPERATOR unary # OperatorUnary;
+operand:
+	IDENTIFIER	# IdentifierOperand
+	| literal	# LiteralOperand;
+expressionList: expression (COMMA expression)* |;
+arguments: PAREN_LEFT expressionList? PAREN_RIGHT;
+label: IDENTIFIER COLON EOL?;
+literal:
+	STRING_LIT
+	| DECIMAL_INT_LIT
+	| HEX_INT_LIT
+	| BIN_INT_LIT
+	| DECIMAL_FLOAT_LIT;
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