diff --git a/src/yarn-spinner/parse/parser.ts b/src/yarn-spinner/parse/parser.ts
index afa3a43..4faa91f 100644
--- a/src/yarn-spinner/parse/parser.ts
+++ b/src/yarn-spinner/parse/parser.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ export class ParseError extends Error {}
 export function parseYarn(text: string): YarnDocument {
     const tokens = lex(text);
     const p = new Parser(tokens);
-    return p.parseDocument();
+    try{
+        return p.parseDocument();
+    }catch(e){
+        console.log(`parser status: `, p.status());
+        throw e;
+    }
 }
 
 class Parser {
@@ -493,5 +498,16 @@ class Parser {
         }
         return body;
     }
+    
+    public status(){
+        // find the first title before the current token
+        let closestNode = this.tokens.slice(0, this.i).reverse().findIndex(t => t.type === "HEADER_KEY" && t.text === "title");
+        return {
+            i: this.i,
+            tokens: this.tokens,
+            token: this.peek(),
+            closestNode: this.tokens[this.i - closestNode]
+        }
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/yarn-spinner/runtime/runner.ts b/src/yarn-spinner/runtime/runner.ts
index 2a41249..d20f835 100644
--- a/src/yarn-spinner/runtime/runner.ts
+++ b/src/yarn-spinner/runtime/runner.ts
@@ -536,100 +536,6 @@ export class YarnRunner {
         }
     }
 
-    private executeBlock(block: { title: string; instructions: IRInstruction[] }) {
-        // Execute instructions of block, then resume
-        const saved = { title: this.nodeTitle, ip: this.ip } as const;
-        this.nodeTitle = block.title;
-        const tempIpStart = 0;
-        const tempNode = { title: block.title, instructions: block.instructions } as const;
-        // Use a temporary node context
-        const restore = () => {
-            this.nodeTitle = saved.title;
-            this.ip = saved.ip;
-        };
-
-        // Step through block, emitting first result
-        let idx = tempIpStart;
-        while (true) {
-            const ins = tempNode.instructions[idx++];
-            if (!ins) break;
-            switch (ins.op) {
-                case "line": {
-                    const { text: interpolatedText, markup: interpolatedMarkup } = this.interpolate(ins.text, ins.markup);
-                    this.emit({ type: "text", text: interpolatedText, speaker: ins.speaker, markup: interpolatedMarkup, isDialogueEnd: false });
-                    restore();
-                    return;
-                }
-                case "command":
-                    try {
-                        const parsed = parseCommand(ins.content);
-                        this.commandHandler.execute(parsed, this.evaluator).catch(() => {});
-                        if (this.handleCommand) this.handleCommand(ins.content, parsed);
-                    } catch {
-                        if (this.handleCommand) this.handleCommand(ins.content);
-                    }
-                    this.emit({ type: "command", command: ins.content, isDialogueEnd: false });
-                    restore();
-                    return;
-                case "options": {
-                    const available = this.filterOptions(ins.options);
-                    if (available.length === 0) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    this.pendingOptions = available;
-                    this.emit({
-                        type: "options",
-                        options: available.map((o) => {
-                            const { text: interpolatedText, markup: interpolatedMarkup } = this.interpolate(o.text, o.markup);
-                            return { text: interpolatedText, markup: interpolatedMarkup };
-                        }),
-                        isDialogueEnd: false,
-                    });
-                    // Maintain context that options belong to main node at ip-1
-                    restore();
-                    return;
-                }
-                case "if": {
-                    const branch = ins.branches.find((b) => (b.condition ? this.evaluator.evaluate(b.condition) : true));
-                    if (branch) {
-                        // enqueue nested block and resume from main context
-                        this.callStack.push({ kind: "block", title: this.nodeTitle, ip: this.ip, block: branch.block, idx: 0 });
-                        restore();
-                        if (this.resumeBlock()) return;
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-                case "once": {
-                    if (!this.onceSeen.has(ins.id)) {
-                        this.onceSeen.add(ins.id);
-                        this.callStack.push({ kind: "block", title: this.nodeTitle, ip: this.ip, block: ins.block, idx: 0 });
-                        restore();
-                        if (this.resumeBlock()) return;
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-                case "jump": {
-                    this.nodeTitle = ins.target;
-                    this.ip = 0;
-                    this.step();
-                    return;
-                }
-                case "detour": {
-                    this.callStack.push({ kind: "detour", title: saved.title, ip: saved.ip });
-                    this.nodeTitle = ins.target;
-                    this.ip = 0;
-                    this.step();
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        // Block produced no output; resume
-        restore();
-        this.step();
-    }
-
     private filterOptions(options: CompiledOption[]): CompiledOption[] {
         const available: CompiledOption[] = [];
         for (const option of options) {