return {{
  "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
  event = { "BufReadPre", "BufNewFile" },
  build = ":TSUpdate",
  dependencies = {
    "windwp/nvim-ts-autotag",
  },
  config = function()
    -- import nvim-treesitter plugin
    local treesitter = require("nvim-treesitter.configs")

    -- configure treesitter
    treesitter.setup({ -- enable syntax highlighting
      highlight = {
        enable = true,
      },
      -- enable indentation
      indent = { enable = true },
      -- enable autotagging (w/ nvim-ts-autotag plugin)
      autotag = {
        enable = true,
      },
      -- ensure these language parsers are installed
      ensure_installed = {
        "json",
        "javascript",
        "typescript",
        "tsx",
        "yaml",
        "html",
        "css",
        "prisma",
        "markdown",
        "markdown_inline",
        "graphql",
        "bash",
        "lua",
        "vim",
        "dockerfile",
        "gitignore",
        "query",
        "vimdoc",
        "c",
      },
      incremental_selection = {
        enable = true,
        keymaps = {
          init_selection = "<C-space>",
          node_incremental = "<C-space>",
          scope_incremental = false,
          node_decremental = "<bs>",
        },
      },
    })
  end,
},
{
  "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects",
  lazy = true,
  dependencies = {
    "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
  },
  config = function()
    require("nvim-treesitter.configs").setup({
       textobjects = {
        select = {
          enable = true,

          -- Automatically jump forward to textobj, similar to targets.vim
          lookahead = true,

          keymaps = {
            -- You can use the capture groups defined in textobjects.scm
            ["af"] = "@function.outer",
            ["if"] = "@function.inner",
            ["ac"] = "@class.outer",
            -- You can optionally set descriptions to the mappings (used in the desc parameter of
            -- nvim_buf_set_keymap) which plugins like which-key display
            ["ic"] = { query = "@class.inner", desc = "Select inner part of a class region" },
            -- You can also use captures from other query groups like `locals.scm`
            ["as"] = { query = "@scope", query_group = "locals", desc = "Select language scope" },
          },
          selection_modes = {
            ['@parameter.outer'] = 'v', -- charwise
            ['@function.outer'] = 'V', -- linewise
            ['@class.outer'] = '<c-v>', -- blockwise
          },
          include_surrounding_whitespace = true,
        },
      },
    })
  end,
}
}