diff --git a/src/parser/.gitignore b/src/parser/.gitignore
index 8b2663be7..f1a72ef16 100644
--- a/src/parser/.gitignore
+++ b/src/parser/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 libparser.a
 parser
+args
diff --git a/src/parser/A3t.cpp b/src/parser/A3t.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..134a2641d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/A3t.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+//
+// Copyright 2006-2013, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <A3t.h>
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+A3t::A3t (int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i)
+    _args.push_back (argv[i]);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+A3t::~A3t ()
+{
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+Tree* A3t::parse ()
+{
+  return NULL;
+}
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/parser/A3t.h b/src/parser/A3t.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8add5050f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/A3t.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+//
+// Copyright 2006-2013, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#ifndef INCLUDED_A3T
+#define INCLUDED_A3T
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <Tree.h>
+
+class A3t
+{
+public:
+  A3t (int, char**);
+  ~A3t ();
+  Tree* parse ();
+
+private:
+  std::vector <std::string> _args;
+};
+
+#endif
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/parser/CMakeLists.txt b/src/parser/CMakeLists.txt
index 65f4a019d..61b96efb1 100644
--- a/src/parser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/parser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
 
 set (parser_SRCS LRParser.cpp LRParser.h
                  Parser.cpp   Parser.h
-                 Tree.cpp     Tree.h)
+                 Tree.cpp     Tree.h
+                 A3t.cpp      A3t.h)
 
 add_library (parser STATIC ${parser_SRCS})
 add_executable (parser_executable bnf.cpp)
+add_executable (args_executable   args.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries (parser_executable columns commands task parser ${TASK_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries (args_executable   columns commands task parser ${TASK_LIBRARIES})
 
 set_property (TARGET parser_executable PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME "parser")
+set_property (TARGET args_executable   PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME "args")
 
 #install (TARGETS parser_executable DESTINATION ${TASK_BINDIR})
 
diff --git a/src/parser/args.cpp b/src/parser/args.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd3e8ec45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/args.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+//
+// Copyright 2006-2013, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <Context.h>
+#include <A3t.h>
+//#include <Tree.h>
+//#include <text.h>
+
+Context context;
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+int main (int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  try
+  {
+    A3t a3t (argc, argv);
+    Tree* tree = a3t.parse ();
+    if (tree)
+      tree->dump ();
+  }
+
+  catch (const std::string& error)
+  {
+    std::cout << "Error: " << error << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////