function getTree(data, root, index = 0, tree = {}) {
var o = data[index];
if (!o) return tree[root];
Object.assign(tree[o.id] = tree[o.id] || {}, o);
tree[o.parent] = tree[o.parent] || {};
tree[o.parent].children = tree[o.parent].children || [];
tree[o.parent].children.push(tree[o.id]);
return getTree(data, root, index + 1, tree);
}
const
data = [{ id: 'root' }, { id: 0, parent: 'root' }, { id: 1, parent: 'root' }, { id: 2, parent: 0 }, { id: 3, parent: 1 }, { id: 4, parent: 2 }, { id: 5, parent: 1 }, { id: 6, parent: 4 }, { id: 7, parent: 0 }, { id: 8, parent: 0 }],
tree = getTree(data, 'root');
console.log(tree);
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