diff --git a/test/symbols.xq b/test/symbols.xq
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64dc7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/symbols.xq
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import module namespace hnd="lsp/handlers" at "../webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm";
+declare variable $src:="sample.docs/parse-pdfbox.xml";
+declare variable  $parse:=doc($src)/*;
+
+ 
+hnd:symbols($parse )
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm b/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm
index a80139b..be56188 100644
--- a/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm
+++ b/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 :)
 module namespace hnd="lsp/handlers";
 import module namespace lspt = 'lsp-typedefs' at "lsp-typedefs.xqm";
-declare variable hnd:actions:={
-  
-}
 
-declare record hnd:Hand( 
+
+declare record hnd:Result( 
     result as item()*,
     skipchildren? as xs:boolean:=false() 
 );
@@ -15,9 +13,8 @@ declare record hnd:Hand(
 
 declare function hnd:handle($el as element(*),$state)
 {
-  
   let $f:= function-lookup(xs:QName(name($el)=>trace("SSS")),2)
-           otherwise fn($el,$state){hnd:Hand($state,false())}
+           otherwise fn($el,$state){hnd:Result($state,false())}
   return $f($el,$state)
 };
 
@@ -34,20 +31,57 @@ declare function hnd:diags($parse as element(),$diags:=())
         })
 };
 
-
-
-declare function hnd:symbols($parse as element(),$syms as lspt:symbol* :=() )
-{
- 'todo'
+declare function hnd:walk($parse as element(), 
+                         $actions as map(*), 
+                         $state as hnd:Result )
+as hnd:Result{
+  
+  let $action:=$actions(name($parse))
+  let $result:= if(exists($action))
+                then $action($parse,$state)
+                else hnd:Result($state)
+ 
+  return if($result?skipchildren)
+         then $result
+         else fold-left(
+                $parse/*,$state,
+                fn($state,$this){hnd:walk($this, $actions, $state)}
+                     )
 };
 
-declare function hnd:anotated-declaration($parse as element(),$syms)
-as hnd:Hand
+
+
+declare function hnd:symbols($parse as element(),$syms as lspt:DocumentSymbol* :=() )
 {
-  let $sym:=lspt:symbol( 
-  $parse/token,
-  "AA"
-)
-return hnd:Hand(($syms,$sym),true())
+  let $actions:={
+      "ContextValueDecl":  hnd:action#2,
+      "VarDecl": hnd:VarDecl#2,
+      "FunctionDecl": hnd:FunctionDecl#2,
+      "ItemTypeDecl": hnd:action#2,
+      "NamedRecordTypeDecl": hnd:action#2
+  }
+  let $state:= hnd:Result(())
+  let $result:= hnd:walk($parse,$actions,$state)
+  return $result?result
 };
 
+declare function hnd:action($parse  as element(),$state as hnd:Result  )
+as hnd:Result{
+  hnd:Result($state?result,true()) ,message(name($parse),"ACTION: ") 
+};
+
+declare function hnd:VarDecl($parse  as element(VarDecl),$state as hnd:Result  )
+as hnd:Result{
+  let $name:=$parse/VarNameAndType/EQName
+  let $range:=lspt:Range(lspt:Position(0,0),lspt:Position(0,3))
+  let $sym:=lspt:DocumentSymbol($name,$lspt:SymbolKindMap('Variable'),$range,$range,"TODO")
+  return  ($state?result,$sym)=>hnd:Result(true())
+};
+
+declare function hnd:FunctionDecl($parse  as element(FunctionDecl),$state as hnd:Result  )
+as hnd:Result{
+  let $name:=$parse/UnreservedFunctionEQName
+  let $range:=lspt:Range(lspt:Position(0,0),lspt:Position(0,3))
+  let $sym:=lspt:DocumentSymbol($name,$lspt:SymbolKindMap('Method'),$range,$range,"TODO")
+  return  ($state?result,$sym)=>hnd:Result(true())
+};
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/lsp-diags.xqm b/webapp/lsp/lsp-diags.xqm
index 74b753d..26d3e3b 100644
--- a/webapp/lsp/lsp-diags.xqm
+++ b/webapp/lsp/lsp-diags.xqm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ as map(*)*{
             let $e:= number($xml/@e)-1
             return (
                 (: mark error :)
-                lspt:diagnostic(lspt:Range(pos:toPosition($text, $b), 
+                lspt:Diagnostic(lspt:Range(pos:toPosition($text, $b), 
                                     pos:toPosition($text, $e)),
                         1,
                         $dmesg,'XPST0003'),
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ as map(*)*{
             (:mark after error:)            
             if($e ge string-length($text))
             then ()               
-            else lspt:diagnostic(lspt:Range(pos:toPosition($text, $e +1 ), 
+            else lspt:Diagnostic(lspt:Range(pos:toPosition($text, $e +1 ), 
                                     pos:toPosition($text, $last)),
                             2,
                             "Unparsed due to previous parser error.",
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/lsp-typedefs.xqm b/webapp/lsp/lsp-typedefs.xqm
index 285956c..96e4897 100644
--- a/webapp/lsp/lsp-typedefs.xqm
+++ b/webapp/lsp/lsp-typedefs.xqm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ declare variable $lspt:DiagnosticSeverityKinds:={
    'hint':4 
 };
 
-declare record lspt:diagnostic(
+declare record lspt:Diagnostic(
   range as lspt:Range,
   severity as  xs:integer, (: enum('error', 'hint', 'info', 'warning') :)
   message as xs:string,