> I’ve read many articles on the same topic but never found it presented this way - hopefully N + 1 is of help to someone.

Can confirm; yes it was helpful! I've never thought seriously about parsing and I've read occasionally (casually) about Pratt parsing, but this is the first time it seemed like an intuitive idea I'll remember.

(Then I confused myself by following some references and remembering the term "precedence climbing" and reading e.g. https://www.engr.mun.ca/~theo/Misc/pratt_parsing.htm by the person who coined that term, but nevermind — the original post here has still given me an idea I think I'll remember.)