diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcher.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcher.java
index 9e4dcc0..54d16e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcher.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.minecraft.commands;
 import net.minecraft.commands.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import net.minecraft.commands.context.CommandContext;
 import net.minecraft.commands.context.CommandContextBuilder;
+import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.ArgumentValidationException;
 import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.CommandException;
 import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.IllegalArgumentSyntaxException;
 import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.UnknownCommandException;
@@ -19,35 +20,33 @@ public class CommandDispatcher {
     }
 
     public void execute(String command) throws CommandException {
-        CommandContextBuilder contextBuilder = new CommandContextBuilder();
-        CommandNode node = root;
+        CommandContext context = parseNodes(root, command, new CommandContextBuilder());
+        context.getCommand().run(context);
+    }
 
-        while (command.length() > 0 && !node.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
-            IllegalArgumentSyntaxException exception = null;
+    protected CommandContext parseNodes(CommandNode node, String command, CommandContextBuilder contextBuilder) throws IllegalArgumentSyntaxException, ArgumentValidationException, UnknownCommandException {
+        IllegalArgumentSyntaxException exception = null;
 
-            for (CommandNode child : node.getChildren()) {
-                try {
-                    command = child.parse(command, contextBuilder);
-                    if (child.getCommand() != null) {
-                        contextBuilder.withCommand(child.getCommand());
-                    }
-                    node = child;
-                    break;
-                } catch (IllegalArgumentSyntaxException ex) {
-                    exception = ex;
+        for (CommandNode child : node.getChildren()) {
+            try {
+                CommandContextBuilder context = contextBuilder.copy();
+                String remaining = child.parse(command, context);
+                if (child.getCommand() != null) {
+                    context.withCommand(child.getCommand());
                 }
-            }
-
-            if (exception != null) {
-                break;
+                return parseNodes(child, remaining, context);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentSyntaxException ex) {
+                exception = ex;
             }
         }
 
+        if (exception != null) {
+            throw exception;
+        }
         if (command.length() > 0) {
             throw new UnknownCommandException();
         }
 
-        CommandContext context = contextBuilder.build();
-        context.getCommand().run(context);
+        return contextBuilder.build();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/context/CommandContextBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/context/CommandContextBuilder.java
index b4604cc..9649960 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/context/CommandContextBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/context/CommandContextBuilder.java
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ public class CommandContextBuilder {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public CommandContextBuilder copy() {
+        CommandContextBuilder copy = new CommandContextBuilder();
+        copy.command = this.command;
+        copy.arguments.putAll(this.arguments);
+        return copy;
+    }
+
     public CommandContext build() {
         return new CommandContext(arguments, command);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcherTest.java b/src/test/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcherTest.java
index 96f7c0b..f933b68 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcherTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/minecraft/commands/CommandDispatcherTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.minecraft.commands;
 
 import net.minecraft.commands.context.CommandContext;
+import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.IllegalArgumentSyntaxException;
 import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.UnknownCommandException;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -44,6 +45,38 @@ public class CommandDispatcherTest {
         verify(command, times(2)).run(any(CommandContext.class));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateAndExecuteOverlappingCommands() throws Exception {
+        Command one = mock(Command.class);
+        Command two = mock(Command.class);
+        Command three = mock(Command.class);
+
+        subject.register(
+            literal("foo").then(
+                argument("one", integer()).then(
+                    literal("one").executes(one)
+                )
+            ).then(
+                argument("two", integer()).then(
+                    literal("two").executes(two)
+                )
+            ).then(
+                argument("three", integer()).then(
+                    literal("three").executes(three)
+                )
+            )
+        );
+
+        subject.execute("foo 1 one");
+        verify(one).run(any(CommandContext.class));
+
+        subject.execute("foo 2 two");
+        verify(two).run(any(CommandContext.class));
+
+        subject.execute("foo 3 three");
+        verify(three).run(any(CommandContext.class));
+    }
+
     @Test(expected = UnknownCommandException.class)
     public void testExecuteUnknownCommand() throws Exception {
         subject.execute("foo");
@@ -71,7 +104,7 @@ public class CommandDispatcherTest {
         verify(subCommand).run(any(CommandContext.class));
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = UnknownCommandException.class)
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentSyntaxException.class)
     public void testExecuteInvalidSubcommand() throws Exception {
         subject.register(literal("foo").then(
             argument("bar", integer())