diff --git a/src/parser.ts b/src/parser.ts
index 8b2bb2d..baabed9 100644
--- a/src/parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
-import { escapeHtml } from "./helpers";
+import { escapeHtml } from './helpers';
+import { AtLeast, Choose, End, Pattern, Peek, Regex, Sequence, Use } from './peg';
 import {
-  AtLeast,
-  Choose,
-  End,
-  Pattern,
-  Peek,
-  Regex,
-  Sequence,
-  Use,
-} from "./peg";
-import {
-  InterpolatedPiece,
-  Script,
-  ScriptPiece,
-  SimplifyWord,
-  TextWord,
-  Word as WordType,
-} from "./words";
+    InterpolatedPiece, Script, ScriptPiece, SimplifyWord, TextWord, Word as WordType
+} from './words';
 
 const Comment = Regex(/#[^\n]*/y)
   .expects("#")
@@ -151,7 +137,7 @@ export function parse(code: string): [true, Script] | [false, string] {
   code = code.replace(/(?<!\\)((\\\\)*)\\\n[ \t]*/g, "$1 ");
 
   /* Parse */
-  const [commands, errorPos, expected] = Script(code, 0);
+  const [commands, errorPos, expected] = Script.match(code, 0);
 
   if (commands) {
     return [true, commands[0]];
diff --git a/src/peg.ts b/src/peg.ts
index e93faba..0b4f999 100644
--- a/src/peg.ts
+++ b/src/peg.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
 /**
- * A Pattern is a function that matches against a string starting at a given index.
- *
+ * A Pattern matches against a string starting at a given index, looking for a value with a particular format.
  */
-export type Pattern<T> = PatternFunc<T> & {
+export class Pattern<out T> {
+  constructor(
+    public match: PatternFunc<T>,
+    /** A human-readable annotation describing the pattern for error messages */
+    public expectLabel: string = match.name
+  ) {}
+
   /**
    * Creates a pattern that wraps another pattern, transforming the returned value on a match.
    *
    * @param map - Mapping function
    */
-  map<U>(map: (value: T) => U): Pattern<U>;
-
-  /** A human-readable annotation describing the pattern for error messages */
-  expectLabel: string;
+  public map<U>(map: (value: T) => U): Pattern<U> {
+    return new Pattern((source, index) => {
+      const [value, furthest, expected] = this.match(source, index);
+      return [value ? [map(value[0]), value[1]] : null, furthest, expected];
+    }, this.expectLabel);
+  }
 
   /** Adds a human-readable annotation describing the pattern */
-  expects(label: string): Pattern<T>;
-};
-type PatternFunc<T> = {
+  public expects(label: string): Pattern<T> {
+    return new Pattern(this.match, label);
+  }
+}
+type PatternFunc<out T> = {
   /**
    * If the pattern matches successfully, it returns some captured value, and the index following the match.
    *
@@ -30,33 +39,13 @@ type PatternFunc<T> = {
    * @param index - the index in the string to begin matching from
    * @returns - [successValue, furthest symbol attempted, expected pattern]
    */
-  (source: string, index: number): [[T, number] | null, number, string];
+  (this: Pattern<T>, source: string, index: number): [
+    [T, number] | null,
+    number,
+    string
+  ];
 };
 
-/**
- * Makes a pattern from a function, adding helper methods.
- *
- * @param {(source: string, index: number) => ([[T, number] | null, number, string])} matchFunc
- * @returns {Peg.Pattern<T>}
- */
-function WrapPattern<T>(matchFunc: PatternFunc<T>) {
-  const pattern = matchFunc as Pattern<T>;
-  pattern.map = (map) => {
-    return WrapPattern((source, index) => {
-      const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern(source, index);
-      return [value ? [map(value[0]), value[1]] : null, furthest, expected];
-    }).expects(pattern.expectLabel);
-  };
-
-  pattern.expectLabel = pattern.name;
-  pattern.expects = (label) => {
-    pattern.expectLabel = label;
-    return pattern;
-  };
-
-  return pattern;
-}
-
 /**
  * Proxies to a pattern retrieved from an accessor function.
  *
@@ -65,7 +54,8 @@ function WrapPattern<T>(matchFunc: PatternFunc<T>) {
  * @param  getPattern
  */
 export function Use<T>(getPattern: () => Pattern<T>): Pattern<T> {
-  return WrapPattern((source, index) => getPattern()(source, index)).expects(
+  return new Pattern(
+    (source, index) => getPattern().match(source, index),
     String(getPattern)
   );
 }
@@ -74,14 +64,13 @@ export function Use<T>(getPattern: () => Pattern<T>): Pattern<T> {
  * Creates a pattern matching a regex & returning any captures. The regex needs to be sticky (using the //y modifier)
  */
 export function Regex(regex: RegExp): Pattern<RegExpExecArray> {
-  const pattern: Pattern<RegExpExecArray> = WrapPattern((source, index) => {
+  return new Pattern<RegExpExecArray>(function (source, index) {
     regex.lastIndex = index;
     const matches = regex.exec(source);
     return matches
-      ? [[matches, regex.lastIndex], -1, pattern.expectLabel]
-      : [null, index, pattern.expectLabel];
-  }).expects(regex.source);
-  return pattern;
+      ? [[matches, regex.lastIndex], -1, this.expectLabel]
+      : [null, index, this.expectLabel];
+  }, regex.source);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -93,11 +82,15 @@ export function Choose<T>(...patterns: Pattern<T>[]): Pattern<T> {
   const genericExpected = patterns
     .map((pattern) => pattern.expectLabel)
     .join(" | ");
-  return WrapPattern((source, index) => {
+  return new Pattern(function (source, index) {
     let furthestFound = index;
     let furthestExpected = genericExpected;
     for (const pattern of patterns) {
-      const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern(source, index);
+      const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern.match.call(
+        this,
+        source,
+        index
+      );
       if (value) {
         return [value, furthest, expected];
       } else if (furthest > furthestFound) {
@@ -108,7 +101,7 @@ export function Choose<T>(...patterns: Pattern<T>[]): Pattern<T> {
       }
     }
     return [null, furthestFound, furthestExpected];
-  }).expects(genericExpected);
+  }, genericExpected);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -121,12 +114,16 @@ export function Sequence<T extends unknown[]>(
   ...patterns: { [K in keyof T]: Pattern<T[K]> }
 ): Pattern<T> {
   const genericExpected = patterns[0]?.expectLabel ?? "(nothing)";
-  return WrapPattern((source, index) => {
+  return new Pattern(function (source, index) {
     const values: unknown[] = [];
     let furthestFound = index;
     let furthestExpected = genericExpected;
     for (const pattern of patterns) {
-      const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern(source, index);
+      const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern.match.call(
+        this,
+        source,
+        index
+      );
       if (furthest > furthestFound) {
         furthestFound = furthest;
         furthestExpected = expected;
@@ -140,7 +137,7 @@ export function Sequence<T extends unknown[]>(
       index = value[1];
     }
     return [[values as T, index], furthestFound, furthestExpected];
-  }).expects(genericExpected);
+  }, genericExpected);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -155,12 +152,16 @@ export function Sequence<T extends unknown[]>(
  
  */
 export function AtLeast<T>(min: number, pattern: Pattern<T>): Pattern<T[]> {
-  return WrapPattern(function (source, index) {
+  return new Pattern(function (source, index) {
     const values: T[] = [];
     let furthestFound = index;
-    let furthestExpected = pattern.expectLabel;
+    let furthestExpected = this.expectLabel;
     do {
-      const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern(source, index);
+      const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern.match.call(
+        this as Pattern<T>,
+        source,
+        index
+      );
       if (furthest > furthestFound) {
         furthestFound = furthest;
         furthestExpected = expected;
@@ -179,29 +180,28 @@ export function AtLeast<T>(min: number, pattern: Pattern<T>): Pattern<T[]> {
     } else {
       return [null, furthestFound, furthestExpected];
     }
-  }).expects(pattern.expectLabel);
+  }, pattern.expectLabel);
 }
 
 /**
  * Creates a pattern that matches the given pattern, but consumes no input.
  */
 export function Peek<T>(pattern: Pattern<T>): Pattern<T> {
-  return WrapPattern(function (source, index) {
-    const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern(source, index);
+  return new Pattern(function (source, index) {
+    const [value, furthest, expected] = pattern.match.call(this, source, index);
     return [value ? [value[0], index] : null, furthest, expected];
-  }).expects(pattern.expectLabel);
+  }, pattern.expectLabel);
 }
 
 /**
  * Creates a pattern that matches the end of input
  */
 export function End(): Pattern<true> {
-  const end = WrapPattern(function End(source, index) {
+  return new Pattern(function End(source, index) {
     return [
       source.length == index ? [true, index] : null,
       index,
-      end.expectLabel,
+      this.expectLabel,
     ];
-  }).expects("<eof>") as Pattern<true>;
-  return end;
+  }, "<eof>");
 }