diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 970afc8..f39d795 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,11 @@ module git.mstar.dev/mstar/treeificator
 
 go 1.24.2
 
-require git.mstar.dev/mstar/goutils v1.12.3 // indirect
+require git.mstar.dev/mstar/goutils v1.12.3
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bc5cf87..59add93 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,17 @@
 git.mstar.dev/mstar/goutils v1.12.3 h1:Wx7i8/a99Cp+Y/XcXgqQr0r9cSsJu7QkWBlKyprTH44=
 git.mstar.dev/mstar/goutils v1.12.3/go.mod h1:juxY0eZEMnA95fedRp2LVXvUBgEjz66nE8SEdGKcxMA=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0 h1:1cU2KZkvPxNyfgEmhHAz/1A9Bz+llsdYzklWFzgp0r8=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0/go.mod h1:/7mN4D5sKwJLZQ2b/znpjC3/GQWY/xaDXUM0kKWRHss=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0 h1:CM0HF96J0hcLAwsHPJZjfdNzs0gftsLfgKt57wWHJ0o=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/informer.go b/informer.go
index 66e3580..2b1ac00 100644
--- a/informer.go
+++ b/informer.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ type Informer interface {
 	GetSuffix() string
 	// Get the name of the node type.
 	// Each name (in lowercase) may only exist once. The parser will enforce this.
+	// No guaranteed order for which informer will be used if multiple with the same name are in use.
+	// The name "default" is occupied by the built-in default informer for just strings
 	GetName() string
 }
 
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 05db78a..e882af6 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -1,13 +1,86 @@
 package treeificator
 
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.mstar.dev/mstar/goutils/other"
+)
+
 func Marshal(raw string, informers ...Informer) Node {
 	prefixToInformer := map[string]Informer{}
+	maxPrefixLen := 0
+	for _, informer := range informers {
+		prefixToInformer[informer.GetPrefix()] = informer
+		if l := len(informer.GetPrefix()); l > maxPrefixLen {
+			maxPrefixLen = l
+		}
+	}
+	defaultInformer := &DefaultInformer{}
+	delete(prefixToInformer, defaultInformer.GetPrefix())
+	elems, consumed := marshal(raw, prefixToInformer, nil)
+	_ = consumed
 	return Node{
-		NodeType: &DefaultInformer{},
-		Elements: marshal(raw, prefixToInformer),
+		NodeType: defaultInformer,
+		Elements: elems,
 	}
 }
 
-func marshal(raw string, informers map[string]Informer) []NodeElement {
-	return []NodeElement{NodeElement{Text: &raw}}
+// Return the elements in the given string, using the given informers, in order of appearance.
+func marshal(
+	raw string,
+	informers map[string]Informer,
+	activeInformer Informer,
+) ([]NodeElement, uint64) {
+	elements := []NodeElement{}
+	buffer := make([]rune, len(raw))
+	var consumed uint64 = 0
+	var insideDiff uint64 = 0 // Nr of runes consumed by recursive calls
+	for i, char := range []rune(raw) {
+		// Skip runes that have been consumed by recursive calls
+		if uint64(i)+insideDiff < consumed {
+			continue
+		}
+		buffer = append(buffer, char)
+		consumed = uint64(i) + insideDiff
+		for k, v := range informers {
+			if !strings.HasSuffix(string(buffer), k) {
+				continue
+			}
+			if len(buffer) > 0 {
+				// Cut informer prefix from buffer, append buffer as text element
+				elements = append(
+					elements,
+					NodeElement{Text: other.IntoPointer(strings.TrimSuffix(string(buffer), k))},
+				)
+			}
+			buffer = make([]rune, uint64(len(raw))-consumed)
+			subElems, subConsumed := marshal(string([]rune(raw)[consumed:]), informers, v)
+			elements = append(elements, NodeElement{
+				Node: &Node{
+					NodeType: v,
+					Elements: subElems,
+				},
+			})
+			insideDiff += subConsumed
+			consumed += subConsumed
+			continue
+		}
+		if activeInformer != nil && strings.HasSuffix(string(buffer), activeInformer.GetSuffix()) {
+			if len(buffer) > 0 {
+				elements = append(
+					elements,
+					NodeElement{
+						Text: other.IntoPointer(
+							strings.TrimSuffix(string(buffer), activeInformer.GetSuffix()),
+						),
+					},
+				)
+			}
+			return elements, uint64(consumed)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(buffer) > 0 {
+		elements = append(elements, NodeElement{Text: other.IntoPointer(string(buffer))})
+	}
+	return elements, uint64(consumed)
 }