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BKS Unit II-Construction of Syntax Trees and DAG

This document discusses syntax analysis and syntax-directed translation, which are covered in Unit II of the Learn Compiler Design course by B.K. Sharma. The unit covers topics like context-free grammars, different parsing techniques (top-down, bottom-up, precedence), parser generators, and syntax-directed definitions. It discusses how abstract syntax trees and directed acyclic graphs are constructed using syntax-directed definitions to represent expressions and common sub-expressions.

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BKS Unit II-Construction of Syntax Trees and DAG

This document discusses syntax analysis and syntax-directed translation, which are covered in Unit II of the Learn Compiler Design course by B.K. Sharma. The unit covers topics like context-free grammars, different parsing techniques (top-down, bottom-up, precedence), parser generators, and syntax-directed definitions. It discusses how abstract syntax trees and directed acyclic graphs are constructed using syntax-directed definitions to represent expressions and common sub-expressions.

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Unit II

Syntax Analysis and Syntax


Directed Translation
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Unit II: Syllabus


• Syntax Analysis and Syntax Directed
Translation
• Syntax Analysis:
– CFGs
– Top Down Parsing
– Brute Force Approach
– Recursive Descent Parsing
– Transformation on the grammars
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Unit II: Syllabus

– Predictive Parsing
– Bottom Up Parsing
– Operator Precedence Parsing
– LR Parsers
• SLR,
• LALR
• LR
• Parser Generator
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Unit II: Syllabus

• Syntax Directed Definitions


– Construction of syntax trees
– Bottom Up Evaluation of S-attributed
definition
– L-attribute Definition
– Top Town translation
– Bottom Up Evaluation of inherited attributes
– Recursive Evaluation
– Analysis of Syntax Directed Definition
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Construction of Syntax Trees


Using Syntax Directed Definition

An Abstract Syntax Tree(AST) is a condensed form of


parse tree useful for representing language constructs.

In a syntax tree, operators and keywords do not


appear as leaves, but rather are associated with the
interior node that would be the parent of those
leaves in the parse tree.
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Construction of Syntax Trees


a := x + y * 2.5 ;

Parse Tree Syntax Tree


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Construction of Syntax Trees


for expressions
The following functions are used to create the nodes
of the syntax trees for expressions with binary
operators:
1: mknode (op, left, right): creates an operator
node with label op and two fields containing
pointer to left and right.
2: mkleaf (id, entry): creates an identifier node
with label id and a field containing entry, a
pointer to the symbol table entry for the
identifier.
3: mkleaf (num, val): creates a number node with
label num and a field containing val, the
value of the number.
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Construction of Syntax Trees


for expressions
Steps in the construction of Syntax Tree for
expression a – 4 + c

(1) p1 := mkleaf (id, entrya)


(2) p2 := mkleaf (num, 4)
(3) p3 := mknode ( ‘-’ , p1, p2)
(4) p4 := mkleaf (id, entryc);
(5) p5 := mknode (‘+’ , p3, p4)
p1, p2,.......p5 are pointers to nodes and entrya and
entryc are pointers to symbol table entries for
identifiers for a and c respectively.
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Construction of Syntax Trees


for expressions: a – 4 + c
p5
+
p4
p3
- id
p1 p2
To entry for c
id num 4

To entry for a
Syntax Tree for expression a – 4 + c
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Construction of Syntax Trees


for expressions
The syntax tree is constructed bottom up.

The function calls mkleaf(id, entrya) and mkleaf(num,


4) construct leaf for a and 4.

The pointers to these nodes are saved using p1 and p2.

The call mknode(‘-’, p1, p2) then constructs the interior


node with the leaves for ‘a’ and 4 as children.

After two more steps p5 is left pointing to the root.


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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions

A directed acyclic graph(DAG) for an expression


identifies the common sub-expressions in the
expression.
The difference between DAG and Syntax tree is that
a node in a DAG representing a common sub-expression
has more than one “parent”, in a syntax tree, the
common sub-expression would be represented as a
duplicated subtree.
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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions


Expression a + a *(b-c) + (b-c) * d

Syntax Tree DAG


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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions

A DAG is obtained if the function constructing a node


first checks to see whether an identical node already
exists.

For example, before constructing a new node with


label op and fields with pointers to left and right,
mknode(op, left, right) can check whether such a node
has already been constructed.

If so, mknode(op, left, right) can return a pointer to


the previously constructed node.

The mkleaf can behave similarly.


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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions


Syntax Tree for expression a + a *(b-c) + (b-c) * d

+
*
a *
a - - d

b c b c
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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions


Steps in the construction of DAG for expression a + a
*(b-c) + (b-c) * d
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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions


When the call mkleaf(id, a) is repeated on line 2, the
node constructed by the previous call mkleaf(id, a) is
returned, so p1=p2.

Similarly, the nodes returned on lines 8 and 9 are the


same as those returned on lines 3 and 4 respectively.

Hence, the node returned on line 10 must be the same


one constructed by the call of mknode on line 5.
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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions


DAG for expression a + a * (b-c) + (b-c) *d
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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions

Syntax Tree for


a:=b* -c + b * -c

DAG for
a:=b* -c + b * -c
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Directed Acyclic Graph for Expressions

Question: How DAG is different from Syntax Tree?


Construct DAG for the following expression (a + b) -
(e - (c + d)).
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Read PPT named: L and S- Attributed SDD

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