diff --git a/libwccl/ops/match/applyoperator.cpp b/libwccl/ops/match/applyoperator.cpp
index cdac9670df21dcbb10582ee305d7ab85213f1291..e40ddd8d8764363f7ed13ea270f84efc3048bd4e 100644
--- a/libwccl/ops/match/applyoperator.cpp
+++ b/libwccl/ops/match/applyoperator.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <libwccl/ops/match/applyoperator.h>
+#include <libwccl/values/matchvector.h>
 #include <libpwrutils/foreach.h>
 
 namespace Wccl {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ void ApplyOperator::execute(const ActionExecContext &context) const
 			should_act = _conditions[i]->apply(context)->get_value();
 		}
 		if (should_act) {
-			matches->append(match);
+			matches->append(match); // the match goes to $m:_M[0]
 			foreach (const boost::shared_ptr<const MatchAction>& action, _actions) {
 				action->execute(context);
 			}
diff --git a/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.cpp b/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.cpp
index af296365a79341fd0808f35cc20e5bd1597da44f..4cb8ec90581d689e9b47903e9f67147d6eb2f2a3 100644
--- a/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.cpp
+++ b/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.h>
-#include <libpwrutils/foreach.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
 namespace Wccl {
@@ -8,47 +7,25 @@ boost::shared_ptr<Match> MatchOperator::apply(
 		boost::shared_ptr<Position> iter_pos,
 		const FunExecContext& context) const
 {
-	boost::shared_ptr<MatchVector> matches(new MatchVector());
 	int orig_iter_pos = iter_pos->get_value();
-
-	foreach (const boost::shared_ptr<const MatchCondition>& cond, _conditions) {
-		MatchResult res = cond->apply(iter_pos, context);
-		if(res.matched()) {
-			matches->append(res.get_match());
-		} else {
-			matches.reset(new MatchVector());
-			iter_pos->set_value(orig_iter_pos + 1);
-			return matches;
-		}
+	MatchResult res = _conditions->apply(iter_pos, context);
+	if(res.matched()) {
+		return res.get_match();
 	}
-	return matches;
+	iter_pos->set_value(orig_iter_pos + 1);
+	return boost::make_shared<Match>();
 }
 
 std::string MatchOperator::to_string(const Corpus2::Tagset& tagset) const
 {
 	std::ostringstream ostream;
-	ostream << name() << "(";
-	for(size_t i = 0; i < _conditions.size(); ++i) {
-		if (i != 0) {
-			ostream << ", ";
-		}
-		ostream << _conditions[i]->to_string(tagset);
-	}
-	ostream << ")";
+	ostream << name() << _conditions->to_string(tagset);
 	return ostream.str();
 }
 
 std::ostream& MatchOperator::write_to(std::ostream &ostream) const
 {
-	ostream << name() << "(";
-	for(size_t i = 0; i < _conditions.size(); ++i) {
-		if (i != 0) {
-			ostream << ", ";
-		}
-		ostream << *_conditions[i];
-	}
-	ostream << ")";
-	return ostream;
+	return ostream << name() << *_conditions;
 }
 
 } /* end ns Wccl */
diff --git a/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.h b/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.h
index ff679ca481ddd26014a1a8122937ba211312fb91..dd6745b050a70210d760aa7069abca8a30653d87 100644
--- a/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.h
+++ b/libwccl/ops/match/matchoperator.h
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef LIBWCCL_OPS_MATCH_MATCHOPERATOR_H
 #define LIBWCCL_OPS_MATCH_MATCHOPERATOR_H
 
-#include <libwccl/ops/match/matchcondition.h>
-#include <libwccl/values/matchvector.h>
+#include <libwccl/ops/match/conditions/conjconditions.h>
 
 namespace Wccl {
 
@@ -12,8 +11,9 @@ namespace Wccl {
 class MatchOperator : public Expression
 {
 public:
-	MatchOperator(const std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<const MatchCondition> >& conditions)
+	MatchOperator(const boost::shared_ptr<ConjConditions>& conditions)
 		: _conditions(conditions) {
+		BOOST_ASSERT(_conditions);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ protected:
 	std::ostream& write_to(std::ostream& ostream) const;
 
 private:
-	const std::vector<boost::shared_ptr<const MatchCondition> > _conditions;
+	const boost::shared_ptr<ConjConditions> _conditions;
 };
 
 } /* end ns Wccl */
diff --git a/libwccl/parser/grammar.g b/libwccl/parser/grammar.g
index 712d2c042665d422f8d6531704f0694920b4393d..a0260238c477c5f59e71644977223ea49e93017c 100644
--- a/libwccl/parser/grammar.g
+++ b/libwccl/parser/grammar.g
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ header {
 	// Match operators
 	#include <libwccl/values/tokenmatch.h>
 	#include <libwccl/values/annotationmatch.h>
+	#include <libwccl/values/matchvector.h>
 	#include <libwccl/ops/match/applyoperator.h>
 
 	// Unicode String