diff --git a/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap b/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap
index ad0fc65..1f88662 100644
--- a/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__snapshots__/parser.test.ts.snap
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ exports[`Parsing Notcl Misc Big mess of markup 1`] = `
         "pos": 5,
       },
       {
+        "pos": 8,
         "text": "Hello, World!",
       },
     ],
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ exports[`Parsing Notcl Misc Big mess of markup 1`] = `
         "pos": 219,
       },
       {
+        "pos": 224,
         "text": "Beware!",
       },
     ],
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ exports[`Parsing Notcl Misc Big mess of markup 1`] = `
         "pos": 238,
       },
       {
+        "pos": 243,
         "text": "All text should be quoted, it's clearer that way. & blockquotes already should contain paragraphs. (maybe normalize nested paragraphs)",
       },
     ],
diff --git a/src/parser.test.ts b/src/parser.test.ts
index d213652..8614271 100644
--- a/src/parser.test.ts
+++ b/src/parser.test.ts
@@ -52,12 +52,20 @@ b`)
       expect(
         parse(String.raw`a\\
 b`)
-      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a\\" }], [{ bare: "b", pos: 4 }]]]));
+      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a\\", pos: 0 }], [{ bare: "b", pos: 4 }]]]));
     it("does not split commands on folded newlines with escaped backslashes", () =>
       expect(
         parse(String.raw`a\\\
                          b`)
-      ).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a\\" }, { bare: "b", pos: 4 }]]]));
+      ).toEqual([
+        true,
+        [
+          [
+            { text: "a\\", pos: 0 },
+            { bare: "b", pos: 4 },
+          ],
+        ],
+      ]));
 
     it("accepts semicolons as command separators", () =>
       expect(parse("a;b")).toEqual([
@@ -130,13 +138,13 @@ b`)
       ]));
 
     it("accepts empty quotes", () =>
-      expect(parse('""')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "" }]]]));
+      expect(parse('""')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("accepts quoted words", () =>
-      expect(parse('"a"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a" }]]]));
+      expect(parse('"a"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("accepts quoted words with spaces", () =>
-      expect(parse('"a b"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a b" }]]]));
+      expect(parse('"a b"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a b", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("allows escaped quotes inside a quote", () =>
-      expect(parse('"a\\"b"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: 'a"b' }]]]));
+      expect(parse('"a\\"b"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: 'a"b', pos: 0 }]]]));
 
     it("must close quoted words", () =>
       expect(parse('"a b')).toMatchObject([false, {}]));
@@ -145,18 +153,18 @@ b`)
       expect(parse('""a')).toMatchObject([false, {}]));
 
     it("accepts escaped spaces", () =>
-      expect(parse("a\\ b")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a b" }]]]));
+      expect(parse("a\\ b")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "a b", pos: 0 }]]]));
 
     it("treats a non-leading quote as a plain character", () =>
       expect(parse('a"')).toEqual([true, [[{ bare: 'a"', pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("treats a non-leading brace as a plain character", () =>
       expect(parse("a{")).toEqual([true, [[{ bare: "a{", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("treats an escaped quote as a plain character", () =>
-      expect(parse('\\"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: '"' }]]]));
+      expect(parse('\\"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: '"', pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("treats an escaped brace as a plain character", () =>
-      expect(parse("\\{")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "{" }]]]));
+      expect(parse("\\{")).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "{", pos: 0 }]]]));
     it("treats a quoted brace as a plain character", () =>
-      expect(parse('"{"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "{" }]]]));
+      expect(parse('"{"')).toEqual([true, [[{ text: "{", pos: 0 }]]]));
   });
 
   describe("backslash interpolation", () => {});
@@ -239,10 +247,7 @@ b`)
         [
           [
             {
-              pieces: [
-                { script: [[{ bare: "a", pos: 1 }]] },
-                { bare: "b", pos: 3 },
-              ],
+              pieces: [{ script: [[{ bare: "a", pos: 1 }]] }, { bare: "b" }],
             },
           ],
         ],
@@ -254,9 +259,9 @@ b`)
           [
             {
               pieces: [
-                { bare: "a", pos: 0 },
+                { bare: "a" },
                 { script: [[{ bare: "b", pos: 2 }]] },
-                { bare: "c", pos: 4 },
+                { bare: "c" },
               ],
             },
           ],
@@ -268,10 +273,7 @@ b`)
         [
           [
             {
-              pieces: [
-                { bare: "a", pos: 0 },
-                { script: [[{ bare: "b", pos: 2 }]] },
-              ],
+              pieces: [{ bare: "a" }, { script: [[{ bare: "b", pos: 2 }]] }],
             },
           ],
         ],
diff --git a/src/parser.ts b/src/parser.ts
index 5b0a299..90c8cde 100644
--- a/src/parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ function bareWordTmpl(charRegex: RegExp) {
         Bracket,
         Regex(charRegex)
           .expects("CHAR")
-          .map(([text], index) => ({ bare: text, pos: index }))
+          .map(([text]) => ({ bare: text }))
       )
     )
-  ).map(([, pieces]) => SimplifyWord(pieces));
+  ).map(([, pieces], pos) => SimplifyWord(pieces, pos));
 }
 
 const QuotedWord = Sequence(
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const QuotedWord = Sequence(
     )
   ),
   Regex(/"/y).expects('"')
-).map(([, pieces]) => SimplifyWord(pieces));
+).map(([, pieces], pos) => SimplifyWord(pieces, pos));
 
 const Brace: Pattern<string> = Sequence(
   Regex(/\{/y).expects("{"),
diff --git a/src/words.ts b/src/words.ts
index c4884c8..5c8f5b7 100644
--- a/src/words.ts
+++ b/src/words.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ function IsTextPiece(piece: InterpolatedPiece | undefined): piece is TextPiece {
 }
 
 export function SimplifyWord(
-  pieces: InterpolatedPiece[]
+  pieces: InterpolatedPiece[],
+  sourcePosition?: SourcePos
 ): InterpolatedWord | BareWord | TextWord | HtmlWord {
   const consolidated: InterpolatedPiece[] = [];
   for (const piece of pieces) {
@@ -114,9 +115,9 @@ export function SimplifyWord(
   }
 
   if (consolidated.length == 0) {
-    return { text: "" };
+    return { text: "", pos: sourcePosition };
   } else if (consolidated.length == 1 && IsTextPiece(consolidated[0])) {
-    return consolidated[0];
+    return { ...consolidated[0], pos: sourcePosition };
   } else {
     return { pieces: consolidated };
   }