diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3d1563f..8670d77 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,21 @@ pub fn parse(file_path: &str) {
     let file = RpyParser::parse(Rule::file, &unparsed_file)
         .expect("unsuccessful parse") // unwrap the parse result
         .next().unwrap(); // get and unwrap the `file` rule; never fails
-
-    for record in file.into_inner() {
-        match record.as_rule() {
+    for line in file.into_inner() {
+        match line.as_rule() {
             Rule::line => {
-                for field in record.into_inner().map(|pairs| pairs.as_str()) {
-                    println!("'{field}'");
+                println!("Line:");
+                for token in line.into_inner() {
+                    match token.as_rule() {
+                        Rule::token => {
+                            println!("{}", token.as_str());
+                        },
+                        _ => {
+                            println!("{}", token.as_str());
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
+                println!()
             },
             Rule::EOI => (),
             _ => unreachable!(),
diff --git a/src/rpy.pest b/src/rpy.pest
index 2d56e45..5fdaf5d 100644
--- a/src/rpy.pest
+++ b/src/rpy.pest
@@ -4,14 +4,25 @@ WHITESPACE = _{ " " }
 // characters are anything but newlines
 char = { !NEWLINE ~ ANY }
 
+// token definition
+// http://pest.rs/book/grammars/syntax.html#atomic
+inner = @{ char* }
+
+token = { string | keyword }
+
+// has to be atomic for no implicit separate (spaces)
+keyword = @{ (!(WHITESPACE | NEWLINE) ~ ANY)+ }
+
+// strings cannot contain quotes
+// TODO: escaped quotes
+string_data = @{ (!"\"" ~ ANY)* }
+string = ${ "\"" ~ string_data ~ "\"" }
+
 // comments are a # followed by
 // any number of non-newline characters
 COMMENT = _{ "#" ~ char* }
 
-// statements are comprised of at least one character
-statement = { char+ }
-
 // lines are comprised of a statement
-line = { statement }
+line = { token+ }
 
-file = { SOI ~ (line ~ ("\r\n" | "\n")*)* ~ "\n"* ~ EOI }
\ No newline at end of file
+file = { SOI ~ line ~ (NEWLINE+ ~ line)* ~ NEWLINE* ~ EOI }
\ No newline at end of file