diff --git a/query-grammar/src/occur.rs b/query-grammar/src/occur.rs
index 6621b67bfa..cc39ca458e 100644
--- a/query-grammar/src/occur.rs
+++ b/query-grammar/src/occur.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ use std::fmt::Write;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Occur {
     /// For a given document to be considered for scoring,
-    /// at least one of the terms with the Should or the Must
+    /// at least one of the queries with the Should or the Must
     /// Occur constraint must be within the document.
     Should,
-    /// Document without the term are excluded from the search.
+    /// Document without the queries are excluded from the search.
     Must,
-    /// Document that contain the term are excluded from the
+    /// Document that contain the query are excluded from the
     /// search.
     MustNot,
 }
diff --git a/src/query/boolean_query/boolean_query.rs b/src/query/boolean_query/boolean_query.rs
index ac225be20f..5fa925bb14 100644
--- a/src/query/boolean_query/boolean_query.rs
+++ b/src/query/boolean_query/boolean_query.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::boolean_weight::BooleanWeight;
-use crate::query::{EnableScoring, Occur, Query, SumWithCoordsCombiner, TermQuery, Weight};
+use crate::query::{EnableScoring, Occur, Query, SumCombiner, TermQuery, Weight};
 use crate::schema::{IndexRecordOption, Term};
 
 /// The boolean query returns a set of documents
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl Query for BooleanQuery {
             sub_weights,
             self.minimum_number_should_match,
             enable_scoring.is_scoring_enabled(),
-            Box::new(SumWithCoordsCombiner::default),
+            Box::new(SumCombiner::default),
         )))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs b/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs
index 3719a47385..b384c275bf 100644
--- a/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs
+++ b/src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::collector::tests::TEST_COLLECTOR_WITH_SCORE;
     use crate::collector::TopDocs;
-    use crate::query::score_combiner::SumWithCoordsCombiner;
     use crate::query::term_query::TermScorer;
     use crate::query::{
         EnableScoring, Intersection, Occur, Query, QueryParser, RequiredOptionalScorer, Scorer,
-        TermQuery,
+        SumCombiner, TermQuery,
     };
     use crate::schema::*;
     use crate::{assert_nearly_equals, DocAddress, DocId, Index, IndexWriter, Score};
@@ -90,11 +89,8 @@ mod tests {
             let query = query_parser.parse_query("+a b")?;
             let weight = query.weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?;
             let scorer = weight.scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?;
-            assert!(scorer.is::<RequiredOptionalScorer<
-                Box<dyn Scorer>,
-                Box<dyn Scorer>,
-                SumWithCoordsCombiner,
-            >>());
+            assert!(scorer
+                .is::<RequiredOptionalScorer<Box<dyn Scorer>, Box<dyn Scorer>, SumCombiner>>());
         }
         {
             let query = query_parser.parse_query("+a b")?;
diff --git a/src/query/mod.rs b/src/query/mod.rs
index 1736a2fe4f..5e99354ffe 100644
--- a/src/query/mod.rs
+++ b/src/query/mod.rs
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ pub use self::query_parser::{QueryParser, QueryParserError};
 pub use self::range_query::*;
 pub use self::regex_query::RegexQuery;
 pub use self::reqopt_scorer::RequiredOptionalScorer;
-pub use self::score_combiner::{
-    DisjunctionMaxCombiner, ScoreCombiner, SumCombiner, SumWithCoordsCombiner,
-};
+pub use self::score_combiner::{DisjunctionMaxCombiner, ScoreCombiner, SumCombiner};
 pub use self::scorer::Scorer;
 pub use self::set_query::TermSetQuery;
 pub use self::term_query::TermQuery;
diff --git a/src/query/query_parser/logical_ast.rs b/src/query/query_parser/logical_ast.rs
index a9400881b5..b0929f26a9 100644
--- a/src/query/query_parser/logical_ast.rs
+++ b/src/query/query_parser/logical_ast.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,34 @@ impl LogicalAst {
             LogicalAst::Boost(Box::new(self), boost)
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn simplify(self) -> LogicalAst {
+        match self {
+            LogicalAst::Clause(clauses) => {
+                let mut new_clauses: Vec<(Occur, LogicalAst)> = Vec::new();
+
+                for (occur, sub_ast) in clauses {
+                    let simplified_sub_ast = sub_ast.simplify();
+
+                    // If clauses below have the same `Occur`, we can pull them up
+                    match simplified_sub_ast {
+                        LogicalAst::Clause(sub_clauses)
+                            if (occur == Occur::Should || occur == Occur::Must)
+                                && sub_clauses.iter().all(|(o, _)| *o == occur) =>
+                        {
+                            for sub_clause in sub_clauses {
+                                new_clauses.push(sub_clause);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _ => new_clauses.push((occur, simplified_sub_ast)),
+                    }
+                }
+
+                LogicalAst::Clause(new_clauses)
+            }
+            LogicalAst::Leaf(_) | LogicalAst::Boost(_, _) => self,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn occur_letter(occur: Occur) -> &'static str {
diff --git a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
index ac6d297f47..45a68f70e9 100644
--- a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
+++ b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ impl QueryParser {
         if !err.is_empty() {
             return Err(err.swap_remove(0));
         }
-        Ok(ast)
+        Ok(ast.simplify())
     }
 
     /// Parse the user query into an AST.
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ mod test {
         );
         test_parse_query_to_logical_ast_helper(
             "(+title:a +title:b) title:c",
-            r#"(+(+Term(field=0, type=Str, "a") +Term(field=0, type=Str, "b")) +Term(field=0, type=Str, "c"))"#,
+            r#"(+Term(field=0, type=Str, "a") +Term(field=0, type=Str, "b") +Term(field=0, type=Str, "c"))"#,
             true,
         );
     }
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ mod test {
     pub fn test_parse_query_to_ast_two_terms() {
         test_parse_query_to_logical_ast_helper(
             "title:a b",
-            r#"(Term(field=0, type=Str, "a") (Term(field=0, type=Str, "b") Term(field=1, type=Str, "b")))"#,
+            r#"(Term(field=0, type=Str, "a") Term(field=0, type=Str, "b") Term(field=1, type=Str, "b"))"#,
             false,
         );
         test_parse_query_to_logical_ast_helper(
@@ -1705,6 +1705,21 @@ mod test {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    pub fn test_parse_query_negative() {
+        test_parse_query_to_logical_ast_helper(
+            "title:b -title:a",
+            r#"(+Term(field=0, type=Str, "b") -Term(field=0, type=Str, "a"))"#,
+            true,
+        );
+
+        test_parse_query_to_logical_ast_helper(
+            "title:b -(-title:a -title:c)",
+            r#"(+Term(field=0, type=Str, "b") -(-Term(field=0, type=Str, "a") -Term(field=0, type=Str, "c")))"#,
+            true,
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     pub fn test_query_parser_hyphen() {
         test_parse_query_to_logical_ast_helper(
diff --git a/src/query/score_combiner.rs b/src/query/score_combiner.rs
index 449badbadf..a49f8b104b 100644
--- a/src/query/score_combiner.rs
+++ b/src/query/score_combiner.rs
@@ -54,30 +54,6 @@ impl ScoreCombiner for SumCombiner {
     }
 }
 
-/// Sums the score of different scorers and keeps the count
-/// of scorers which matched.
-#[derive(Default, Clone, Copy)]
-pub struct SumWithCoordsCombiner {
-    num_fields: usize,
-    score: Score,
-}
-
-impl ScoreCombiner for SumWithCoordsCombiner {
-    fn update<TScorer: Scorer>(&mut self, scorer: &mut TScorer) {
-        self.score += scorer.score();
-        self.num_fields += 1;
-    }
-
-    fn clear(&mut self) {
-        self.score = 0.0;
-        self.num_fields = 0;
-    }
-
-    fn score(&self) -> Score {
-        self.score
-    }
-}
-
 /// Take max score of different scorers
 /// and optionally sum it with other matches multiplied by `tie_breaker`
 #[derive(Default, Clone, Copy)]