diff --git a/lark/grammar.py b/lark/grammar.py
index adde150..14893fb 100644
--- a/lark/grammar.py
+++ b/lark/grammar.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from .utils import Serialize
 
+###{standalone
+
 class Symbol(Serialize):
     is_term = NotImplemented
 
@@ -43,6 +45,24 @@ class NonTerminal(Symbol):
     is_term = False
 
 
+
+class RuleOptions(Serialize):
+    __serialize_fields__ = 'keep_all_tokens', 'expand1', 'priority', 'empty_indices'
+
+    def __init__(self, keep_all_tokens=False, expand1=False, priority=None, empty_indices=()):
+        self.keep_all_tokens = keep_all_tokens
+        self.expand1 = expand1
+        self.priority = priority
+        self.empty_indices = empty_indices
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return 'RuleOptions(%r, %r, %r)' % (
+            self.keep_all_tokens,
+            self.expand1,
+            self.priority,
+        )
+
+
 class Rule(Serialize):
     """
         origin : a symbol
@@ -52,7 +72,7 @@ class Rule(Serialize):
     __slots__ = ('origin', 'expansion', 'alias', 'options', 'order', '_hash')
 
     __serialize_fields__ = 'origin', 'expansion', 'order', 'alias', 'options'
-    __serialize_namespace__ = lambda: (Terminal, NonTerminal, RuleOptions)
+    __serialize_namespace__ = Terminal, NonTerminal, RuleOptions
 
     def __init__(self, origin, expansion, order=0, alias=None, options=None):
         self.origin = origin
@@ -81,18 +101,4 @@ class Rule(Serialize):
 
 
 
-class RuleOptions(Serialize):
-    __serialize_fields__ = 'keep_all_tokens', 'expand1', 'priority', 'empty_indices'
-
-    def __init__(self, keep_all_tokens=False, expand1=False, priority=None, empty_indices=()):
-        self.keep_all_tokens = keep_all_tokens
-        self.expand1 = expand1
-        self.priority = priority
-        self.empty_indices = empty_indices
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return 'RuleOptions(%r, %r, %r)' % (
-            self.keep_all_tokens,
-            self.expand1,
-            self.priority,
-        )
+###}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lark/lark.py b/lark/lark.py
index 3d81b21..1309c60 100644
--- a/lark/lark.py
+++ b/lark/lark.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .parse_tree_builder import ParseTreeBuilder
 from .parser_frontends import get_frontend
 from .grammar import Rule
 
+###{standalone
 
 class LarkOptions(Serialize):
     """Specifies the options for Lark
@@ -101,11 +102,11 @@ class LarkOptions(Serialize):
         assert name in self.options
         self.options[name] = value
 
-    def serialize(self):
+    def serialize(self, memo):
         return self.options
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, data):
+    def deserialize(cls, data, memo):
         return cls(data)
 
 
@@ -240,12 +241,12 @@ class Lark(Serialize):
         return self.parser_class(self.lexer_conf, parser_conf, options=self.options)
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, data):
+    def deserialize(cls, data, memo):
         inst = cls.__new__(cls)
-        inst.options = LarkOptions.deserialize(data['options'])
-        inst.rules = [Rule.deserialize(r) for r in data['rules']]
+        inst.options = LarkOptions.deserialize(data['options'], memo)
+        inst.rules = [Rule.deserialize(r, memo) for r in data['rules']]
         inst._prepare_callbacks()
-        inst.parser = inst.parser_class.deserialize(data['parser'], inst._callbacks)
+        inst.parser = inst.parser_class.deserialize(data['parser'], memo, inst._callbacks)
         return inst
 
 
@@ -284,14 +285,4 @@ class Lark(Serialize):
         "Parse the given text, according to the options provided. Returns a tree, unless specified otherwise."
         return self.parser.parse(text)
 
-        # if self.profiler:
-        #     self.profiler.enter_section('lex')
-        #     l = list(self.lex(text))
-        #     self.profiler.enter_section('parse')
-        #     try:
-        #         return self.parser.parse(l)
-        #     finally:
-        #         self.profiler.enter_section('outside_lark')
-        # else:
-        #     l = list(self.lex(text))
-        #     return self.parser.parse(l)
+###}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lark/lexer.py b/lark/lexer.py
index ae370dc..080770d 100644
--- a/lark/lexer.py
+++ b/lark/lexer.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import re
 from .utils import Str, classify, get_regexp_width, Py36, Serialize
 from .exceptions import UnexpectedCharacters, LexError
 
+###{standalone
+
 class Pattern(Serialize):
     __serialize_fields__ = 'value', 'flags'
 
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ class PatternRE(Pattern):
 
 class TerminalDef(Serialize):
     __serialize_fields__ = 'name', 'pattern', 'priority'
-    __serialize_namespace__ = lambda: (PatternStr, PatternRE)
+    __serialize_namespace__ = PatternStr, PatternRE
 
     def __init__(self, name, pattern, priority=1):
         assert isinstance(pattern, Pattern), pattern
@@ -74,7 +76,6 @@ class TerminalDef(Serialize):
 
 
 
-###{standalone
 class Token(Str):
     __slots__ = ('type', 'pos_in_stream', 'value', 'line', 'column', 'end_line', 'end_column')
 
@@ -205,7 +206,6 @@ class CallChain:
         return self.callback2(t) if self.cond(t2) else t2
 
 
-###}
 
 
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class Lexer(Serialize):
 
 class TraditionalLexer(Lexer):
     __serialize_fields__ = 'terminals', 'ignore_types', 'newline_types'
-    __serialize_namespace__ = lambda: (TerminalDef,)
+    __serialize_namespace__ = TerminalDef,
 
     def _deserialize(self):
         self.mres = build_mres(self.terminals)
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class TraditionalLexer(Lexer):
 
 class ContextualLexer(Lexer):
     __serialize_fields__ = 'root_lexer', 'lexers'
-    __serialize_namespace__ = lambda: (TraditionalLexer,)
+    __serialize_namespace__ = TraditionalLexer,
 
     def __init__(self, terminals, states, ignore=(), always_accept=(), user_callbacks={}):
         tokens_by_name = {}
@@ -363,3 +363,5 @@ class ContextualLexer(Lexer):
             yield x
             l.lexer = self.lexers[self.parser_state]
             l.state = self.parser_state
+
+###}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lark/parser_frontends.py b/lark/parser_frontends.py
index 7c47173..6750480 100644
--- a/lark/parser_frontends.py
+++ b/lark/parser_frontends.py
@@ -4,26 +4,29 @@ from functools import partial
 from .utils import get_regexp_width, Serialize
 from .parsers.grammar_analysis import GrammarAnalyzer
 from .lexer import TraditionalLexer, ContextualLexer, Lexer, Token
-from .parsers import lalr_parser, earley, xearley, cyk
+from .parsers import earley, xearley, cyk
+from .parsers.lalr_parser import LALR_Parser
 from .grammar import Rule
 from .tree import Tree
 
+###{standalone
+
 class WithLexer(Serialize):
     lexer = None
     parser = None
     lexer_conf = None
 
     __serialize_fields__ = 'parser', 'lexer'
-    __serialize_namespace__ = lambda: (Rule, ContextualLexer, LALR_ContextualLexer)
+    __serialize_namespace__ = Rule, ContextualLexer
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, data, callbacks):
-        inst = super(WithLexer, cls).deserialize(data)
+    def deserialize(cls, data, memo, callbacks):
+        inst = super(WithLexer, cls).deserialize(data, memo)
         inst.postlex = None # TODO
-        inst.parser = lalr_parser.Parser.deserialize(inst.parser, callbacks)
+        inst.parser = LALR_Parser.deserialize(inst.parser, memo, callbacks)
         return inst
     
-    def _serialize(self, data):
+    def _serialize(self, data, memo):
         data['parser'] = data['parser'].serialize()
 
     def init_traditional_lexer(self, lexer_conf):
@@ -54,18 +57,18 @@ class WithLexer(Serialize):
 class LALR_TraditionalLexer(WithLexer):
     def __init__(self, lexer_conf, parser_conf, options=None):
         debug = options.debug if options else False
-        self.parser = lalr_parser.Parser(parser_conf, debug=debug)
+        self.parser = LALR_Parser(parser_conf, debug=debug)
         self.init_traditional_lexer(lexer_conf)
 
 class LALR_ContextualLexer(WithLexer):
     def __init__(self, lexer_conf, parser_conf, options=None):
         debug = options.debug if options else False
-        self.parser = lalr_parser.Parser(parser_conf, debug=debug)
+        self.parser = LALR_Parser(parser_conf, debug=debug)
         self.init_contextual_lexer(lexer_conf)
 
 class LALR_CustomLexer(WithLexer):
     def __init__(self, lexer_cls, lexer_conf, parser_conf, options=None):
-        self.parser = lalr_parser.Parser(parser_conf)
+        self.parser = LALR_Parser(parser_conf)
         self.lexer_conf = lexer_conf
         self.lexer = lexer_cls(lexer_conf)
 
@@ -190,3 +193,5 @@ def get_frontend(parser, lexer):
 
 
 
+
+###}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lark/parsers/lalr_analysis.py b/lark/parsers/lalr_analysis.py
index 3dced8e..e34b8c3 100644
--- a/lark/parsers/lalr_analysis.py
+++ b/lark/parsers/lalr_analysis.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from ..exceptions import GrammarError
 
 from .grammar_analysis import GrammarAnalyzer, Terminal
 
+###{standalone
+
 class Action:
     def __init__(self, name):
         self.name = name
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ class ParseTable:
         }
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, data):
+    def deserialize(cls, data, memo):
         tokens = data['tokens']
         rules = data['rules']
         states = {
@@ -79,8 +81,7 @@ class IntParseTable(ParseTable):
         end_state = state_to_idx[parse_table.end_state]
         return cls(int_states, start_state, end_state)
 
-
-
+###}
 
 class LALR_Analyzer(GrammarAnalyzer):
 
diff --git a/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py b/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py
index 987ef34..241a47e 100644
--- a/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py
+++ b/lark/parsers/lalr_parser.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from ..utils import Enumerator, Serialize
 from .lalr_analysis import LALR_Analyzer, Shift, IntParseTable
 
 
-class Parser:
+###{standalone
+class LALR_Parser(object):
     def __init__(self, parser_conf, debug=False):
         assert all(r.options is None or r.options.priority is None
                    for r in parser_conf.rules), "LALR doesn't yet support prioritization"
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@ class Parser:
         self.parser = _Parser(analysis.parse_table, callbacks)
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, data, callbacks):
+    def deserialize(cls, data, memo, callbacks):
         inst = cls.__new__(cls)
-        inst.parser = _Parser(IntParseTable.deserialize(data), callbacks)
+        inst.parser = _Parser(IntParseTable.deserialize(data, memo), callbacks)
         return inst
 
     def serialize(self):
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ class Parser:
     def parse(self, *args):
         return self.parser.parse(*args)
 
-###{standalone
 
 class _Parser:
     def __init__(self, parse_table, callbacks):
diff --git a/lark/tools/standalone.py b/lark/tools/standalone.py
index 3e6cc5d..99e1929 100644
--- a/lark/tools/standalone.py
+++ b/lark/tools/standalone.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #
 ###}
 
+import pprint
 import codecs
 import sys
 import os
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ import lark
 from lark import Lark
 from lark.parsers.lalr_analysis import Reduce
 
+
+from lark.grammar import RuleOptions
+from lark.lexer import TerminalDef
+
 _dir = path.dirname(__file__)
 _larkdir = path.join(_dir, path.pardir)
 
@@ -61,9 +66,12 @@ EXTRACT_STANDALONE_FILES = [
     'lexer.py',
     'parse_tree_builder.py',
     'parsers/lalr_parser.py',
+    'parsers/lalr_analysis.py',
+    'parser_frontends.py',
+    'lark.py',
+    'grammar.py',
 ]
 
-
 def extract_sections(lines):
     section = None
     text = []
@@ -83,152 +91,34 @@ def extract_sections(lines):
 
     return {name:''.join(text) for name, text in sections.items()}
 
-def _prepare_mres(mres):
-    return [(p.pattern,{i: t for i, t in d.items()}) for p,d in mres]
-
-class TraditionalLexerAtoms:
-    def __init__(self, lexer):
-        self.mres = _prepare_mres(lexer.mres)
-        self.newline_types = lexer.newline_types
-        self.ignore_types = lexer.ignore_types
-        self.callback = {name:_prepare_mres(c.mres)
-                         for name, c in lexer.callback.items()}
-
-    def print_python(self):
-        print('import re')
-        print('class LexerRegexps: pass')
-        print('NEWLINE_TYPES = %s' % self.newline_types)
-        print('IGNORE_TYPES = %s' % self.ignore_types)
-        self._print_python('lexer')
-
-    def _print_python(self, var_name):
-        print('MRES = (')
-        pprint(self.mres)
-        print(')')
-        print('LEXER_CALLBACK = (')
-        pprint(self.callback)
-        print(')')
-        print('lexer_regexps = LexerRegexps()')
-        print('lexer_regexps.mres = [(re.compile(p), d) for p, d in MRES]')
-        print('lexer_regexps.callback = {n: UnlessCallback([(re.compile(p), d) for p, d in mres])')
-        print('                          for n, mres in LEXER_CALLBACK.items()}')
-        print('%s = (lexer_regexps)' % var_name)
-
-
-class ContextualLexerAtoms:
-    def __init__(self, lexer):
-        self.lexer_atoms = {state: TraditionalLexerAtoms(lexer) for state, lexer in lexer.lexers.items()}
-        self.root_lexer_atoms = TraditionalLexerAtoms(lexer.root_lexer)
-
-    def print_python(self):
-        print('import re')
-        print('class LexerRegexps: pass')
-        print('NEWLINE_TYPES = %s' % self.root_lexer_atoms.newline_types)
-        print('IGNORE_TYPES = %s' % self.root_lexer_atoms.ignore_types)
-
-        print('LEXERS = {}')
-        for state, lexer_atoms in self.lexer_atoms.items():
-            lexer_atoms._print_python('LEXERS[%d]' % state)
-
-        print('class ContextualLexer:')
-        print('    def __init__(self):')
-        print('        self.lexers = LEXERS')
-        print('        self.set_parser_state(None)')
-        print('    def set_parser_state(self, state):')
-        print('        self.parser_state = state')
-        print('    def lex(self, stream):')
-        print('        newline_types = NEWLINE_TYPES')
-        print('        ignore_types = IGNORE_TYPES')
-        print('        lexers = LEXERS')
-        print('        l = _Lex(lexers[self.parser_state], self.parser_state)')
-        print('        for x in l.lex(stream, newline_types, ignore_types):')
-        print('            yield x')
-        print('            l.lexer = lexers[self.parser_state]')
-        print('            l.state = self.parser_state')
-
-        print('CON_LEXER = ContextualLexer()')
-        print('def lex(stream):')
-        print('    return CON_LEXER.lex(stream)')
-
-class GetRule:
-    def __init__(self, rule_id):
-        self.rule_id = rule_id
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return 'RULES[%d]' % self.rule_id
-
-rule_ids = {}
-token_types = {}
-
-def _get_token_type(token_type):
-    if token_type not in token_types:
-        token_types[token_type] = len(token_types)
-    return token_types[token_type]
-
-class ParserAtoms:
-    def __init__(self, parser):
-        self.parse_table = parser._parse_table
-
-    def print_python(self):
-        print('class ParseTable: pass')
-        print('parse_table = ParseTable()')
-        print('STATES = {')
-        for state, actions in self.parse_table.states.items():
-            print('  %r: %r,' % (state, {_get_token_type(token): ((1, rule_ids[arg]) if action is Reduce else (0, arg))
-                            for token, (action, arg) in actions.items()}))
-        print('}')
-        print('TOKEN_TYPES = (')
-        pprint({v:k for k, v in token_types.items()})
-        print(')')
-        print('parse_table.states = {s: {TOKEN_TYPES[t]: (a, RULES[x] if a is Reduce else x) for t, (a, x) in acts.items()}')
-        print('                      for s, acts in STATES.items()}')
-        print('parse_table.start_state = %s' % self.parse_table.start_state)
-        print('parse_table.end_state = %s' % self.parse_table.end_state)
-        print('class Lark_StandAlone:')
-        print('  def __init__(self, transformer=None, postlex=None):')
-        print('     callbacks = parse_tree_builder.create_callback(transformer=transformer)')
-        print('     self.parser = _Parser(parse_table, callbacks)')
-        print('     self.postlex = postlex')
-        print('  def parse(self, stream):')
-        print('     tokens = lex(stream)')
-        print('     sps = CON_LEXER.set_parser_state')
-        print('     if self.postlex: tokens = self.postlex.process(tokens)')
-        print('     return self.parser.parse(tokens, sps)')
-
-class TreeBuilderAtoms:
-    def __init__(self, lark):
-        self.rules = lark.rules
-
-    def print_python(self):
-        # print('class InlineTransformer: pass')
-        print('RULES = {')
-        for i, r in enumerate(self.rules):
-            rule_ids[r] = i
-            print('  %d: Rule(%r, [%s], alias=%r, options=%r),' % (i, r.origin, ', '.join(s.fullrepr for s in r.expansion), r.alias, r.options ))
-        print('}')
-        print('parse_tree_builder = ParseTreeBuilder(RULES.values(), Tree)')
 
 def main(fobj, start):
     lark_inst = Lark(fobj, parser="lalr", lexer="contextual", start=start)
 
-    lexer_atoms = ContextualLexerAtoms(lark_inst.parser.lexer)
-    parser_atoms = ParserAtoms(lark_inst.parser.parser)
-    tree_builder_atoms = TreeBuilderAtoms(lark_inst)
-
     print('# The file was automatically generated by Lark v%s' % lark.__version__)
 
     for pyfile in EXTRACT_STANDALONE_FILES:
         with open(os.path.join(_larkdir, pyfile)) as f:
             print (extract_sections(f)['standalone'])
 
-    with open(os.path.join(_larkdir, 'grammar.py')) as grammar_py:
-        print(grammar_py.read())
+    data, m = lark_inst.memo_serialize([TerminalDef])
+    print( 'DATA = (' )
+    # pprint(data, width=160)
+    print(data)
+    print(')')
+    print( 'MEMO = (')
+    print(m)
+    print(')')
+
 
     print('Shift = 0')
     print('Reduce = 1')
-    lexer_atoms.print_python()
-    tree_builder_atoms.print_python()
-    parser_atoms.print_python()
+    print("def load_parser():")
+    print("  return Lark.deserialize(DATA)")
+
+
+
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
diff --git a/lark/utils.py b/lark/utils.py
index 3dda697..0849745 100644
--- a/lark/utils.py
+++ b/lark/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 from collections import deque
 
-Py36 = (sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 6))
-
 class fzset(frozenset):
     def __repr__(self):
         return '{%s}' % ', '.join(map(repr, self))
@@ -44,56 +42,90 @@ def bfs(initial, expand):
 
 
 
-def _serialize(value):
+###{standalone
+import sys, re
+
+Py36 = (sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 6))
+
+
+
+def _serialize(value, memo):
     if isinstance(value, Serialize):
-        return value.serialize()
+        return value.serialize(memo)
     elif isinstance(value, list):
-        return [_serialize(elem) for elem in value]
+        return [_serialize(elem, memo) for elem in value]
     elif isinstance(value, frozenset):
         return list(value)  # TODO reversible?
     elif isinstance(value, dict):
-        return {key:_serialize(elem) for key, elem in value.items()}
+        return {key:_serialize(elem, memo) for key, elem in value.items()}
     return value
 
-def _deserialize(data, namespace):
+def _deserialize(data, namespace, memo):
     if isinstance(data, dict):
         if '__type__' in data: # Object
             class_ = namespace[data['__type__']]
-            return class_.deserialize(data)
-        return {key:_deserialize(value, namespace) for key, value in data.items()}
+            return class_.deserialize(data, memo)
+        return {key:_deserialize(value, namespace, memo) for key, value in data.items()}
     elif isinstance(data, list):
-        return [_deserialize(value, namespace) for value in data]
+        return [_deserialize(value, namespace, memo) for value in data]
     return data
 
 
 class Serialize(object):
-    def serialize(self):
+    def memo_serialize(self, types_to_memoize):
+        memo = SerializeMemoizer(types_to_memoize)
+        return self.serialize(memo), memo.serialize()
+
+    def serialize(self, memo=None):
+        if memo and memo.in_types(self):
+            return {'__memo__': memo.memoized.get(self)}
+
         fields = getattr(self, '__serialize_fields__')
-        res = {f: _serialize(getattr(self, f)) for f in fields}
+        res = {f: _serialize(getattr(self, f), memo) for f in fields}
         res['__type__'] = type(self).__name__
         postprocess = getattr(self, '_serialize', None)
         if postprocess:
-            postprocess(res)
+            postprocess(res, memo)
         return res
 
     @classmethod
-    def deserialize(cls, data):
-        namespace = getattr(cls, '__serialize_namespace__', dict)
-        namespace = {c.__name__:c for c in namespace()}
+    def deserialize(cls, data, memo):
+        namespace = getattr(cls, '__serialize_namespace__', {})
+        namespace = {c.__name__:c for c in namespace}
 
         fields = getattr(cls, '__serialize_fields__')
 
+        if '__memo__' in data:
+            return memo[data['__memo__']]
+
         inst = cls.__new__(cls)
         for f in fields:
-            setattr(inst, f, _deserialize(data[f], namespace))
+            setattr(inst, f, _deserialize(data[f], namespace, memo))
         postprocess = getattr(inst, '_deserialize', None)
         if postprocess:
             postprocess()
         return inst
 
 
+class SerializeMemoizer(Serialize):
+    __serialize_fields__ = 'memoized',
+
+    def __init__(self, types_to_memoize):
+        self.types_to_memoize = tuple(types_to_memoize)
+        self.memoized = Enumerator()
+
+    def in_types(self, value):
+        return isinstance(value, self.types_to_memoize)
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        return _serialize(self.memoized.reversed(), None)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def deserialize(cls, data, namespace, memo):
+        return _deserialize(data, namespace, memo)
+
+
 
-###{standalone
 try:
     STRING_TYPE = basestring
 except NameError:   # Python 3
@@ -178,7 +210,7 @@ def get_regexp_width(regexp):
         raise ValueError(regexp)
 
 
-class Enumerator:
+class Enumerator(Serialize):
     def __init__(self):
         self.enums = {}