diff --git a/lark/exceptions.py b/lark/exceptions.py
index 9fee01e..73b206a 100644
--- a/lark/exceptions.py
+++ b/lark/exceptions.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class UnexpectedToken(ParseError, UnexpectedInput):
         self.column = getattr(token, 'column', '?')
         self.considered_rules = considered_rules
         self.state = state
-        self.pos_in_stream = token.pos_in_stream
+        self.pos_in_stream = getattr(token, 'pos_in_stream', None)
 
         message = ("Unexpected token %r at line %s, column %s.\n"
                    "Expected: %s\n"
diff --git a/lark/lark.py b/lark/lark.py
index 1841326..7bfe63a 100644
--- a/lark/lark.py
+++ b/lark/lark.py
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ class Lark:
         self.grammar = load_grammar(grammar, self.source)
 
         # Compile the EBNF grammar into BNF
-        tokens, self.rules, self.ignore_tokens = self.grammar.compile()
+        self.terminals, self.rules, self.ignore_tokens = self.grammar.compile()
 
-        self.lexer_conf = LexerConf(tokens, self.ignore_tokens, self.options.postlex, self.options.lexer_callbacks)
+        self.lexer_conf = LexerConf(self.terminals, self.ignore_tokens, self.options.postlex, self.options.lexer_callbacks)
 
         if self.options.parser:
             self.parser = self._build_parser()
diff --git a/lark/load_grammar.py b/lark/load_grammar.py
index 01739a8..6da2df0 100644
--- a/lark/load_grammar.py
+++ b/lark/load_grammar.py
@@ -448,8 +448,10 @@ class Grammar:
         self.ignore = ignore
 
     def compile(self):
-        token_defs = list(self.token_defs)
-        rule_defs = self.rule_defs
+        # We change the trees in-place (to support huge grammars)
+        # So deepcopy allows calling compile more than once.
+        token_defs = deepcopy(list(self.token_defs))
+        rule_defs = deepcopy(self.rule_defs)
 
         # =================
         #  Compile Tokens
diff --git a/lark/reconstruct.py b/lark/reconstruct.py
index aafc5b3..3253a0f 100644
--- a/lark/reconstruct.py
+++ b/lark/reconstruct.py
@@ -67,38 +67,42 @@ class MakeMatchTree:
 
 class Reconstructor:
     def __init__(self, parser):
-        # Recreate the rules to assume a standard lexer
-        _tokens, rules, _grammar_extra = parser.grammar.compile()
+        # XXX TODO calling compile twice returns different results!
+        tokens, rules, _grammar_extra = parser.grammar.compile()
 
-        expand1s = {r.origin for r in parser.rules if r.options and r.options.expand1}
+        self.write_tokens = WriteTokensTransformer({t.name:t for t in tokens})
+        self.rules = list(self._build_recons_rules(rules))
 
-        d = defaultdict(list)
+    def _build_recons_rules(self, rules):
+        expand1s = {r.origin for r in rules if r.options and r.options.expand1}
+
+        aliases = defaultdict(list)
         for r in rules:
-            # Rules can match their alias
             if r.alias:
-                alias = NonTerminal(r.alias)
-                d[alias].append(r.expansion)
-                d[r.origin].append([alias])
-            else:
-                d[r.origin].append(r.expansion)
+                aliases[r.origin].append( r.alias )
 
-            # Expanded rules can match their own terminal
-            for sym in r.expansion:
-                if sym in expand1s:
-                    d[sym].append([Terminal(sym.name)])
+        rule_names = {r.origin for r in rules}
+        nonterminals = {sym for sym in rule_names
+                       if sym.name.startswith('_') or sym in expand1s or sym in aliases }
+
+        for r in rules:
+            recons_exp = [sym if sym in nonterminals else Terminal(sym.name)
+                          for sym in r.expansion if not is_discarded_terminal(sym)]
 
-        reduced_rules = defaultdict(list)
-        for name, expansions in d.items():
-            for expansion in expansions:
-                reduced = [sym if sym.name.startswith('_') or sym in expand1s else Terminal(sym.name)
-                           for sym in expansion if not is_discarded_terminal(sym)]
+            # Skip self-recursive constructs
+            if recons_exp == [r.origin]:
+                continue
 
-                reduced_rules[name, tuple(reduced)].append(expansion)
+            sym = NonTerminal(r.alias) if r.alias else r.origin
 
-        self.rules = [Rule(name, list(reduced), MakeMatchTree(name.name, expansions[0]), None)
-                      for (name, reduced), expansions in reduced_rules.items()]
+            yield Rule(sym, recons_exp, MakeMatchTree(sym.name, r.expansion))
 
-        self.write_tokens = WriteTokensTransformer({t.name:t for t in _tokens})
+        for origin, rule_aliases in aliases.items():
+            for alias in rule_aliases:
+                yield Rule(origin, [Terminal(alias)], MakeMatchTree(origin.name, [NonTerminal(alias)]))
+            
+            yield Rule(origin, [Terminal(origin.name)], MakeMatchTree(origin.name, [origin]))
+        
 
 
     def _match(self, term, token):
diff --git a/tests/__main__.py b/tests/__main__.py
index 5a30a4e..051ead6 100644
--- a/tests/__main__.py
+++ b/tests/__main__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import logging
 
 from .test_trees import TestTrees
 from .test_tools import TestStandalone
+from .test_reconstructor import TestReconstructor
 
 try:
     from .test_nearley.test_nearley import TestNearley
diff --git a/tests/test_reconstructor.py b/tests/test_reconstructor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec264a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_reconstructor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import json
+import unittest
+from unittest import TestCase
+from lark import Lark
+from lark.reconstruct import Reconstructor
+
+
+common = """
+%import common (WS_INLINE, NUMBER, WORD)
+%ignore WS_INLINE
+"""
+
+def _remove_ws(s):
+    return s.replace(' ', '').replace('\n','')
+
+class TestReconstructor(TestCase):
+
+    def assert_reconstruct(self, grammar, code):
+        parser = Lark(grammar, parser='lalr')
+        tree = parser.parse(code)
+        new = Reconstructor(parser).reconstruct(tree)
+        self.assertEqual(_remove_ws(code), _remove_ws(new))
+
+    def test_starred_rule(self):
+
+        g = """
+        start: item*
+        item: NL
+            | rule
+        rule: WORD ":" NUMBER
+        NL: /(\\r?\\n)+\s*/
+        """ + common
+
+        code = """
+        Elephants: 12
+        """
+
+        self.assert_reconstruct(g, code)
+
+    def test_starred_group(self):
+
+        g = """
+        start: (rule | _NL)*
+        rule: WORD ":" NUMBER
+        _NL: /(\\r?\\n)+\s*/
+        """ + common
+
+        code = """
+        Elephants: 12
+        """
+
+        self.assert_reconstruct(g, code)
+
+    def test_alias(self):
+
+        g = """
+        start: line*
+        line: NL
+            | rule
+            | "hello" -> hi
+        rule: WORD ":" NUMBER
+        NL: /(\\r?\\n)+\s*/
+        """ + common
+
+        code = """
+        Elephants: 12
+        hello
+        """
+
+        self.assert_reconstruct(g, code)
+
+    def test_json_example(self):
+        test_json = '''
+            {
+                "empty_object" : {},
+                "empty_array"  : [],
+                "booleans"     : { "YES" : true, "NO" : false },
+                "numbers"      : [ 0, 1, -2, 3.3, 4.4e5, 6.6e-7 ],
+                "strings"      : [ "This", [ "And" , "That", "And a \\"b" ] ],
+                "nothing"      : null
+            }
+        '''
+
+        json_grammar = r"""
+            ?start: value
+
+            ?value: object
+                  | array
+                  | string
+                  | SIGNED_NUMBER      -> number
+                  | "true"             -> true
+                  | "false"            -> false
+                  | "null"             -> null
+
+            array  : "[" [value ("," value)*] "]"
+            object : "{" [pair ("," pair)*] "}"
+            pair   : string ":" value
+
+            string : ESCAPED_STRING
+
+            %import common.ESCAPED_STRING
+            %import common.SIGNED_NUMBER
+            %import common.WS
+
+            %ignore WS
+        """
+
+        json_parser = Lark(json_grammar, parser='lalr')
+        tree = json_parser.parse(test_json)
+
+        new_json = Reconstructor(json_parser).reconstruct(tree)
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(new_json), json.loads(test_json))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()