I am new to RecDescent and need a little guidance. I am parsing a custom file format to convert it to XML. I have the token parsing down, but I am having trouble building the XML tree as the tokens are evaluated inside-out versus outside-in (hope that makes sense). I'm sure autotree might be able to help me, but wasn't able to get it working only referring to the man page. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

--------------- Input File ---------------

CAR(agg)=(
    ID(str)='12345'
    TITLE(agg)=(
        TITLE(text 5)='Prius'
    )
    RATING(text 4)='Good'
    CAT(agg)=(
        LABEL(text 6)='Hybrid'
        REL(int)=8
    )
    CAT(agg)=(
        LABEL(text 6)='Family'
        REL(int)=10
    )
)

CAR(agg)=(
    ID(str)='22222'
    TITLE(agg)=(
        TITLE(text 7)='Voyager'
    )
    RATING(text 3)='Bad'
    CAT(agg)=(
        LABEL(text 6)='Family'
        REL(int)=10
    )
    CAT(agg)=(
        LABEL(text 3)='Van'
        REL(int)=9
    )
)
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--------------- Perl Script ---------------

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Parse::RecDescent;

$grammar = q{

    startrule: root(s)

    root: object {
        print "root\n";
    }

    object: name "(agg)=(" body(s?) closeobject {
        print "object <$item{name}>\n"; 
    }

    name: /\w+/
    
    body: /\s+/
        | object
        | property { print "property $item{property}\n";   }

    property: name /\(\w+\s*\d*\)=/ value {
        "<$item{name}>$item{value}</$item{name}>" }

    value: value1 | value2
    
    value1: /\w+/
    
    value2: /'.+'/ { substr $item[1], 1, (length $item[1]) - 2 }

    closeobject: ")" {
        print "close\n";
    }
};

$parser = Parse::RecDescent->new($grammar);

undef $/;
$text = <>;

print "<ROOT>\n";
$parser->startrule($text);
print "</ROOT>\n";
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--------------- Desired Output ---------------

<ROOT>
    <CAR>
        <ID>12345</ID>
        <TITLE>Prius</TITLE>
        <RATING>Good</RATING>
        <CAT>
            <LABEL>Hybrid</LABEL>
            <REL>8</REL>
        </CAT>
        <CAT>
            <LABEL>Family</LABEL>
            <REL>10</REL>
        </CAT>
    </CAR>
    <CAR>
        <ID>22222</ID>
        <TITLE>Voyager</TITLE>
        <RATING>Bad</RATING>
        <CAT>
            <LABEL>Family</LABEL>
            <REL>10</REL>
        </CAT>
        <CAT>
            <LABEL>Van</LABEL>
            <REL>9</REL>
        </CAT>
    </CAR>
</ROOT>
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