diff --git a/test/diagnostic.xq b/test/diagnostic.xq
index 6056e25..03e98ac 100644
--- a/test/diagnostic.xq
+++ b/test/diagnostic.xq
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import module namespace hnd="lsp/handlers" at "../webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm";
+import module namespace syms="lsp/symbols" at "../webapp/lsp/providers/documentSymbols.xqm";
 declare variable $src:="sample.docs/parse-pdfbox.xml";
 declare variable  $parse:=doc($src)/*;
 
diff --git a/test/symbols.xq b/test/symbols.xq
index 64dc7d1..7491043 100644
--- a/test/symbols.xq
+++ b/test/symbols.xq
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import module namespace hnd="lsp/handlers" at "../webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm";
+import module namespace syms="lsp/symbols" at "../webapp/lsp/providers/documentSymbols.xqm";
 declare variable $src:="sample.docs/parse-pdfbox.xml";
 declare variable  $parse:=doc($src)/*;
 
  
-hnd:symbols($parse )
+syms:list($parse )
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/docs.xqm b/webapp/lsp/docs.xqm
index 4234080..9ea5693 100644
--- a/webapp/lsp/docs.xqm
+++ b/webapp/lsp/docs.xqm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module namespace docs="lsp/docs";
 import module namespace xq4="java:quodatum.parser.xq4";
 import module namespace pos="lsp/position" at "position.xqm";
 import module namespace rpc = 'rpc' at 'jsonrpc.xqm';
-import module namespace lsp-diags = 'lsp-diags' at 'lsp-diags.xqm';
+import module namespace lsp-diags = 'lsp-diags' at 'providers/diagnostics.xqm';
 
 (: save $textDocument data as session $socket properties 
 @return uri
@@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ declare function docs:parse(
 {
   let $text:=docs:get($socket,$file,"textDocument")?text
   let $xml:= xq4:parseModule($text)=>prof:time("⏱️ p:parse-Module " || $file)
+  let $diags:=lsp-diags:list($file, $text, $xml)=>prof:time("⏱️ diags " || $file)
   return (
     ws:set($socket,docs:key($socket,$file,"parse"),$xml),
-    lsp-diags:publish($file, $text, $xml)
+    {"jsonrpc": "2.0",
+     "method":"textDocument/publishDiagnostics",
+     "params":{"uri": $file, "diagnostics": array{$diags}}
+}
   )
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/documentSymbols.xqm b/webapp/lsp/documentSymbols.xqm
deleted file mode 100644
index a298313..0000000
--- a/webapp/lsp/documentSymbols.xqm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-xquery version '4.0';
-(:~  Symbols from XQuery source file :)
-module namespace syms="lsp/symbols";
-
-import module namespace lspt = 'lsp-typedefs' at "lsp-typedefs.xqm";
-import module namespace pos="lsp/position" at "position.xqm";
-
-(:~ symbols :)
-declare function syms:list()
-as map(*){
-
-};
-
-
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm b/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm
index be56188..a45e99b 100644
--- a/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm
+++ b/webapp/lsp/handlers.xqm
@@ -2,37 +2,20 @@
 @author Andy Bunce
 :)
 module namespace hnd="lsp/handlers";
-import module namespace lspt = 'lsp-typedefs' at "lsp-typedefs.xqm";
 
 
+(:~ structure returned by tree walkers :)
 declare record hnd:Result( 
     result as item()*,
     skipchildren? as xs:boolean:=false() 
 );
 
+declare type hnd:actionFn as fn($parse  as element(),$state as hnd:Result  ) as hnd:Result;
 
-declare function hnd:handle($el as element(*),$state)
-{
-  let $f:= function-lookup(xs:QName(name($el)=>trace("SSS")),2)
-           otherwise fn($el,$state){hnd:Result($state,false())}
-  return $f($el,$state)
-};
-
-declare function hnd:diags($parse as element(),$diags:=())
-{
-  let $_:=trace((name($parse),$diags),"diags")
-  let $walk:= hnd:handle($parse,$diags)
- 
-  return if($walk?skipchildren)
-        then $walk?result
-        else fold-left($parse/*,$diags,
-        fn($r,$this){
-          hnd:diags($this,$r)
-        })
-};
-
+declare type hnd:actionMap as  map(xs:string,hnd:actionFn)
+;
 declare function hnd:walk($parse as element(), 
-                         $actions as map(*), 
+                         $actions as hnd:actionMap, 
                          $state as hnd:Result )
 as hnd:Result{
   
@@ -51,37 +34,3 @@ as hnd:Result{
 
 
 
-declare function hnd:symbols($parse as element(),$syms as lspt:DocumentSymbol* :=() )
-{
-  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-text.xqm b/webapp/lsp/lsp-text.xqm
index 1b2a131..5ba7d30 100644
--- a/webapp/lsp/lsp-text.xqm
+++ b/webapp/lsp/lsp-text.xqm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ declare variable $lsp-text:methods:=map{
   "textDocument/documentSymbol" : lsp-text:symbols#1
 };
 
-declare variable lsp-text:word-reg:="[A-Z]|_|[a-z]|[À-Ö]|[Ø-ö]|[ø-˿]|[Ͱ-ͽ]|[Ϳ-῿]|[‌-‍]|[⁰-↏]|[Ⰰ-⿯]|[、-퟿]|[豈-﷏]|[ﷰ-�]";
+declare variable $lsp-text:word-reg:="[A-Z]|_|[a-z]|[À-Ö]|[Ø-ö]|[ø-˿]|[Ͱ-ͽ]|[Ϳ-῿]|[‌-‍]|[⁰-↏]|[Ⰰ-⿯]|[、-퟿]|[豈-﷏]|[ﷰ-�]";
 
 (:~  hover :)
 declare
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/lsp-diags.xqm b/webapp/lsp/providers/diagnostics.xqm
similarity index 85%
rename from webapp/lsp/lsp-diags.xqm
rename to webapp/lsp/providers/diagnostics.xqm
index 26d3e3b..40061bd 100644
--- a/webapp/lsp/lsp-diags.xqm
+++ b/webapp/lsp/providers/diagnostics.xqm
@@ -9,28 +9,21 @@ message: string The message associated with this diagnostic.
 renderMessage⁠?: fn(view: EditorView) → Node An optional custom rendering function that displays the message as a DOM node.
 actions⁠?: readonly Action[] An optional array of actions that can be taken on this diagnostic.
 :)
-import module namespace lspt = 'lsp-typedefs' at "lsp-typedefs.xqm";
-import module namespace pos="lsp/position" at "position.xqm";
+import module namespace lspt = 'lsp-typedefs' at "../lsp-typedefs.xqm";
+import module namespace pos="lsp/position" at "../position.xqm";
 
 declare type lsp-diags:ParseResult as element(Module|ERROR);
 
-
-
-
-declare function lsp-diags:publish(
+declare function lsp-diags:list(
     $uri as xs:string,
     $text as xs:string,
     $xml as lsp-diags:ParseResult)
-as map(*){
+as map(*)*{
 
- let $diagnostics:=if($xml/self::ERROR)
-                   then array{lsp-diags:parse-error($text, $xml)}
-                   else array{ lsp-diags:parse-xquery($text,$xml)}
+ if($xml/self::ERROR)
+                   then lsp-diags:parse-error($text, $xml)
+                   else  lsp-diags:parse-xquery($text,$xml)
 
- return {"jsonrpc": "2.0",
-     "method":"textDocument/publishDiagnostics",
-     "params":{"uri": $uri, "diagnostics": $diagnostics}
-}
 };
 
 (:~ 
diff --git a/webapp/lsp/providers/documentSymbols.xqm b/webapp/lsp/providers/documentSymbols.xqm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96eca9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/lsp/providers/documentSymbols.xqm
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+xquery version '4.0';
+(:~  Symbols from walking the parse tree :)
+module namespace syms="lsp/symbols";
+import module namespace hnd="lsp/handlers" at "../handlers.xqm";
+import module namespace lspt = 'lsp-typedefs' at "../lsp-typedefs.xqm";
+
+declare function syms:list($parse as element(),$syms as lspt:DocumentSymbol* :=() )
+{
+  let $actions as hnd:actionMap :={
+      "ContextValueDecl":  syms:action#2,
+      "VarDecl": syms:VarDecl#2,
+      "FunctionDecl": syms:FunctionDecl#2,
+      "ItemTypeDecl": syms:action#2,
+      "NamedRecordTypeDecl": syms:action#2
+  }
+  let $state:= hnd:Result(())
+  let $result:= hnd:walk($parse,$actions,$state)
+  return $result?result
+};
+
+declare function syms:action($parse  as element(),$state as hnd:Result  )
+as hnd:Result{
+  hnd:Result($state?result,true()) ,message(name($parse),"ACTION: ") 
+};
+
+declare function syms:VarDecl($parse  as element(VarDecl),$state as hnd:Result  )
+as hnd:Result{
+  let $name:=$parse/VarNameAndType/EQName
+  let $length:=string($parse)=>string-length()
+  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,$sym)=>hnd:Result(true())
+};
+
+declare function syms:FunctionDecl($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())
+};
+
+
+