diff --git a/src/Bergamot/ObjectLanguage.elm b/src/Bergamot/ObjectLanguage.elm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db5d4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bergamot/ObjectLanguage.elm
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+module Bergamot.ObjectLanguage exposing (..)
+
+import Parser exposing (Parser, Trailing(..), (|.), (|=))
+import Set
+
+type Type
+    = TInt
+    | TStr
+    | TPair Type Type
+    | TArr Type Type
+
+type Expr
+    = IntLit Int
+    | StrLit String
+    | Plus Expr Expr
+    | Pair Expr Expr
+    | Fst Expr
+    | Snd Expr
+    | Abs String Type Expr
+    | App Expr Expr
+    | Ref String
+
+parseParenthed : Parser a -> Parser a
+parseParenthed val = Parser.succeed (\x -> x)
+    |. Parser.symbol "("
+    |. Parser.spaces
+    |= val
+    |. Parser.spaces
+    |. Parser.symbol ")"
+
+parsePair : Parser a -> Parser (a, a)
+parsePair elem = parseParenthed <|
+    Parser.succeed Tuple.pair
+    |= elem
+    |. Parser.spaces
+    |. Parser.symbol ","
+    |. Parser.spaces
+    |= elem
+
+parseType : Parser Type
+parseType = Parser.lazy <| \() -> Parser.oneOf
+    [ Parser.backtrackable <| Parser.succeed TArr
+        |= parseTypeBasic
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |. Parser.symbol "->"
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |= parseType
+    , parseTypeBasic
+    ]
+
+parseTypeBasic : Parser Type
+parseTypeBasic = Parser.lazy <| \() -> Parser.oneOf
+    [ Parser.succeed TInt |. Parser.keyword "tint"
+    , Parser.succeed TStr |. Parser.keyword "tstr"
+    , Parser.backtrackable <| Parser.map (\(a, b) -> TPair a b) <| parsePair parseType
+    , parseParenthed parseType
+    ]
+
+parseVariable : Parser String
+parseVariable = Parser.variable
+    { start = Char.isAlphaNum
+    , inner = Char.isAlphaNum
+    , reserved = Set.fromList ["fst", "snd", "let", "in"]
+    }
+
+parseExpr : Parser Expr
+parseExpr = Parser.lazy <| \() -> Parser.oneOf
+    [ Parser.backtrackable <| Parser.succeed Plus
+        |= parseExprBasic
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |. Parser.symbol "+"
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |= parseExpr
+    , parseExprApps
+    ]
+
+parseExprApps : Parser Expr
+parseExprApps =
+    let
+        handle l =
+            case l of
+                [] -> Parser.problem "no applications found"
+                x :: xs -> Parser.succeed <| List.foldl (\a b -> App b a) x xs
+    in
+        Parser.sequence
+            { start = ""
+            , separator = " "
+            , end = ""
+            , spaces = Parser.succeed ()
+            , item = parseExprBasic
+            , trailing = Optional
+            }
+        |> Parser.andThen handle
+
+parseExprBasic : Parser Expr
+parseExprBasic = Parser.lazy <| \() -> Parser.oneOf
+    [ Parser.backtrackable (Parser.succeed IntLit |= Parser.int)
+    , Parser.backtrackable <| Parser.map (\(a, b) -> Pair a b) <| parsePair parseExpr
+    , Parser.succeed Fst
+        |. Parser.keyword "fst"
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |= parseParenthed parseExpr
+    , Parser.succeed Snd
+        |. Parser.keyword "snd"
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |= parseParenthed parseExpr
+    , Parser.succeed Abs
+        |. Parser.symbol "\\"
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |= parseVariable
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |. Parser.symbol ":"
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |= parseType
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |. Parser.symbol "."
+        |. Parser.spaces
+        |= parseExpr
+    , Parser.succeed Ref |= parseVariable
+    , parseParenthed parseExpr
+    ]
diff --git a/src/Main.elm b/src/Main.elm
index 1c6d96f..068453d 100644
--- a/src/Main.elm
+++ b/src/Main.elm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Bergamot.Search exposing (..)
 import Bergamot.Rules exposing (..)
 import Bergamot.Parser exposing (..)
 import Bergamot.Latex exposing (..)
+import Bergamot.ObjectLanguage exposing (..)
 import Json.Encode
 import Maybe
 import Tuple
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ view m = Html.div [ class "bergamot-root" ]
         (viewSection "Rules" <| Html.textarea [ onInput SetProgram ] [ Html.text m.program ])
         (viewRules m.program)
     , viewSection "Query" <| Html.input [ type_ "text", onInput SetQuery, value m.query ] []
+    , Html.text (Debug.toString <| run parseExpr m.query)
     , viewProofTree m.program m.query
     ]