diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e198715..94c1b9e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # and include sub-projects here.
 #
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 project ("NouVeL")
 
diff --git a/NouVeL/NVL.cpp b/NouVeL/NVL.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13e48a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NouVeL/NVL.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include "NVL.h"
+
+namespace NVL
+{
+	void preprocess_subblocks(std::string calls)
+	{
+
+	}
+
+	void collapse_Call(Call& call, std::string nvl)
+	{
+
+	}
+
+	void parse_Sequence(Tree& root, std::string nvl)
+	{
+
+	}
+
+	int parse_NVL(Tree& root, std::string path)
+	{
+		std::ifstream nvl;
+		nvl.open(path);
+
+		if (nvl.is_open()) {
+
+			std::string out = std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(nvl), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
+			
+			parse_Sequence(root, out);
+
+			nvl.close();
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			std::cerr << "Unable to read file " << path << std::endl;
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NouVeL/NVL.h b/NouVeL/NVL.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddc10c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NouVeL/NVL.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <regex>
+#include <variant>
+#include <optional>
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace NVL 
+{
+	struct Symbol 
+	{
+		std::string Identifier;
+	};
+
+	struct Object 
+	{
+		std::variant<
+			Symbol,
+			float,
+			std::string,
+			bool,
+			std::vector<Object>
+		> Value;
+	};
+	
+	struct Call 
+	{
+		std::vector<Object> Objects;
+	};
+
+	struct Sequence 
+	{
+		std::string Name;
+		std::vector<Call> Calls;
+	};
+
+	struct Tree 
+	{
+		std::vector<Sequence> Sequences;
+		void Print_Tree(int indent);
+	};
+
+	int parse_NVL(Tree& root, std::string path);
+
+	void parse_Sequence(Tree& root, std::string nvl);
+
+	void preprocess_subblocks(std::string calls);
+
+	void collapse_Call(Call& call, std::string nvl);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/myfile.txt b/myfile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9010119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myfile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+asdasda sdsd
+asdaskmds
+ada
+da
+ds
+sad
+a
+fagjkdlfngioesjf