the meaning of nodes mri's syntax tree can infered. list quite long (source: bin/parse_tree_abc ): :attrasgn, :attrset, :dasgn_curr, :iasgn, :lasgn, :masgn, :and, :case, :else, :if, :iter, :or, :rescue, :until, :when, :while, :call, :fcall, :super, :vcall, :yield, :args, :argscat, :array, :begin, :block, :block_arg, :block_pass, :bool, :cfunc, :colon2, :const, :cvar, :defined, :defn, :dregx, :dstr, :dvar, :dxstr, :ensure, :false, :fbody, :gvar, :hash, :ivar, :lit, :long, :lvar, :match2, :match3, :nil, :not, :nth_ref, :return, :scope, :self, :str, :splat, :to_ary, :true, :unknown, :value, :void, :zarray, :zarray, :zclass, :zsuper since python's ast manipulation builtin library, documentation far better . there place nodes parse tree's syntax tree documented? there no such thing ruby ast, therefore there no documentation it. every implementation has own ast, might or might not documented. besides, talking not abstract syntax tree parse tree (aka concrete s...