diff --git a/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap b/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap
index dc0145e..ad0fc65 100644
--- a/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ exports[`Parsing Notcl Misc Big mess of markup 1`] = `
         "pos": 45,
       },
       {
+        "pos": 51,
         "text": "
         This is a paragraph of text, with one [b bold] word. Yes, this means there has to be some magic in text processing... <b>this</b> won't work.
     ",
@@ -80,11 +81,13 @@ exports[`Parsing Notcl Misc Big mess of markup 1`] = `
         "pos": 384,
       },
       {
+        "pos": 390,
         "text": "
         First block
     ",
       },
       {
+        "pos": 418,
         "text": "
         Second block
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ exports[`Parsing Notcl Misc Big mess of markup 1`] = `
     ",
       },
       {
+        "pos": 534,
         "text": "
       Since we want escapes to work, these blocks [i will] be subject to substitutions.
     ",
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ exports[`Parsing Notcl Misc Big mess of markup 1`] = `
         "pos": 651,
       },
       {
+        "pos": 656,
         "text": "
       line endings escaped one slash
 
diff --git a/src/parser.test.ts b/src/parser.test.ts
index 0119664..d213652 100644
--- a/src/parser.test.ts
+++ b/src/parser.test.ts
@@ -303,13 +303,13 @@ b`)
 
   describe("brace words", () => {
     it("can parse empty braces", () =>
-      expect(parse("{}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "" }]]]));
+      expect(parse("{}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("can parse braces with text", () =>
-      expect(parse("{a b c}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a b c" }]]]));
+      expect(parse("{a b c}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a b c", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("can parse nested braces", () =>
-      expect(parse("{{}}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "{}" }]]]));
+      expect(parse("{{}}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "{}", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("can parse nested braces with text", () =>
-      expect(parse("{a{b}c}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a{b}c" }]]]));
+      expect(parse("{a{b}c}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a{b}c", pos: 0 }]]]));
 
     it("must be closed", () =>
       expect(parse("{a b")).toMatchObject([false, {}]));
@@ -318,32 +318,38 @@ b`)
       expect(parse("{}a")).toMatchObject([false, {}]));
 
     it("doesn't count suppressed braces for nesting", () =>
-      expect(parse(String.raw`{a\{b}`)).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a\\{b" }]]]));
+      expect(parse(String.raw`{a\{b}`)).toEqual([
+        true,
+        [[{ text: "a\\{b", pos: 0 }]],
+      ]));
     it("doesn't count suppressed braces for unnesting", () =>
-      expect(parse(String.raw`{a\}b}`)).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a\\}b" }]]]));
+      expect(parse(String.raw`{a\}b}`)).toEqual([
+        true,
+        [[{ text: "a\\}b", pos: 0 }]],
+      ]));
     it("nests braces after suppressed backslashes", () =>
       expect(parse(String.raw`{a\\{b}}`)).toEqual([
         true,
-        [[{ text: "a\\\\{b}" }]],
+        [[{ text: "a\\\\{b}", pos: 0 }]],
       ]));
 
     it("permits newlines in braces", () =>
-      expect(parse("{\n}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "\n" }]]]));
+      expect(parse("{\n}")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "\n", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("folds newlines in braces", () =>
       expect(
         parse(String.raw`{\
 }`)
-      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: " " }]]]));
+      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: " ", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("doesn't fold newlines in braces with escaped backslashes", () =>
       expect(
         parse(String.raw`{\\
 }`)
-      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "\\\\\n" }]]]));
+      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "\\\\\n", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("folds newlines in braces with escaped backslashes", () =>
       expect(
         parse(String.raw`{\\\
 }`)
-      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "\\\\ " }]]]));
+      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "\\\\ ", pos: 0 }]]]));
 
     test.each(['{"}"', '"{"}'])(
       "does not permit overlapping braces and quotes {%s}",
diff --git a/src/parser.ts b/src/parser.ts
index 2c01a68..5b0a299 100644
--- a/src/parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const Brace: Pattern<string> = Sequence(
 
 function wordTmpl(bareWordCharRegex: RegExp): Pattern<WordType> {
   return Choose<WordType>(
-    Brace.map((text) => ({ text } as TextWord)),
+    Brace.map((text, pos) => ({ text, pos } as TextWord)),
     QuotedWord,
     bareWordTmpl(bareWordCharRegex)
   );