diff --git a/janet/recursive.janet b/janet/recursive.janet
index 0b4e674..68b1a1d 100644
--- a/janet/recursive.janet
+++ b/janet/recursive.janet
@@ -324,6 +324,14 @@
  (advance parser)
  {:type :word :data (origin :lexeme) :token origin})
 
+(defn- tuple-pattern [parser])
+
+(defn- list-pattern [parser])
+
+(defn- dict-pattern [parser])
+
+(defn- string-pattern [parser])
+
 (defrec pattern [parser]
  (case (-> parser current type)
   :nil (nill parser)
@@ -331,11 +339,15 @@
   :false (bool parser)
   :keyword (kw parser)
   :number (number parser)
+  :string (str parser)
   :word (word-pattern parser)
   :placeholder (placeholder parser)
-
- )
-)
+  :lparen (tuple-pattern parser)
+  :lbracket (list-pattern parser)
+  :startdict (dict-pattern parser)
+  :interpolated (string-pattern parser)
+  (panic parser "expected pattern")
+ ))
 
 ### conditional forms
 # if {simple} then {nonbinding} else {nonbinding}
@@ -539,18 +551,12 @@
 (import ./scanner :as s)
 (do
 #(comment
-(def source `when {
- a -> b
- foo -> bar quux
- -> baz
- c -> d
-}
-`)
+(def source `"{foo}"`)
 (def scanned (s/scan source))
-(def a-parser (new-parser scanned))
-(def parsed (whenn a-parser))
-(-> parsed)
-# (map (fn [t] (t :type)) (scanned :tokens))
+# (def a-parser (new-parser scanned))
+# (def parsed (whenn a-parser))
+# (-> parsed)
+(map (fn [t] (t :type)) (scanned :tokens))
 )