diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/BasePackage.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/BasePackage.java
index d3871d27be24f6105aa6adb51ee81c45046fd98b..4a728419ba3a28c76bdd368045462c2075c066d7 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/BasePackage.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/base/BasePackage.java
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.fastr.FastRTry;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.fastr.FastRTryNodeGen;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.fastr.FastrDqrls;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.fastr.FastrDqrlsNodeGen;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.rquery.RQuery;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.rquery.RQueryNodeGen;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.unary.UnaryNotNode;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.unary.UnaryNotNodeGen;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.RVisibility;
@@ -677,6 +679,9 @@ public class BasePackage extends RBuiltinPackage {
         add(WhichFunctions.WhichMin.class, WhichFunctions.WhichMin::create);
         add(Xtfrm.class, XtfrmNodeGen::create);
 
+        // query
+        add(RQuery.class, RQueryNodeGen::create);
+
         // infix functions
         add(Subscript.class, SubscriptNodeGen::create, Subscript::special);
         add(Subscript.DefaultBuiltin.class, SubscriptNodeGen::create, Subscript::special);
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/rquery/RQuery.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/rquery/RQuery.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7f8f803a118bdb0a551aca8d0ddfc03d398b334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/builtin/rquery/RQuery.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.rquery;
+
+import static com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.builtins.RBehavior.IO;
+import static com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.builtins.RBuiltinKind.PRIMITIVE;
+
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.CompilerDirectives.TruffleBoundary;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.Specialization;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.builtin.RBuiltinNode;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.RVisibility;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.builtins.RBuiltin;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RDataFactory;
+import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.env.REnvironment;
+
+@RBuiltin(name = "query", visibility = RVisibility.ON, kind = PRIMITIVE, parameterNames = {}, behavior = IO)
+public abstract class RQuery extends RBuiltinNode {
+    @Specialization
+    @TruffleBoundary
+    protected REnvironment createQuery() {
+        return RDataFactory.createNewEnv(null);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RASTBuilder.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RASTBuilder.java
index 2b5e5d7c942532badc53a901de79da2b0f26a1aa..4b35745a57d38575a5f0b42a2bcb630315bdc1bc 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RASTBuilder.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RASTBuilder.java
@@ -50,15 +50,10 @@ import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.function.RCallSpecialNode;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.function.SaveArgumentsNode;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.function.WrapDefaultArgumentNode;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.function.signature.MissingNode;
-import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.query.RFromNode;
-import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.query.RQueryVisitor;
-import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.query.RSelectNode;
-import com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes.query.RWhereNode;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.ArgumentsSignature;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.FastROptions;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.RRuntime;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.builtins.FastPathFactory;
-import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.context.RContext;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.REmpty;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.data.RShareable;
 import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.env.frame.FrameSlotChangeMonitor;
@@ -153,26 +148,6 @@ public final class RASTBuilder implements RCodeBuilder<RSyntaxNode> {
         return RCallSpecialNode.createCall(source, lhs.asRNode(), createSignature(args), createArguments(args));
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public final RSyntaxNode handleQueries(final RSyntaxNode expression) {
-        return expression.accept(new RQueryVisitor(RContext.getInstance()));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public final RSyntaxNode select(final SourceSection source, final RSyntaxNode formatter, final RSyntaxNode child) {
-        return new RSelectNode(source, formatter.asRNode(), child.asRNode());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public final RSyntaxNode from(final SourceSection source, final RSyntaxNode child) {
-        return new RFromNode(source, child.asRNode());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public final RSyntaxNode where(final SourceSection source, final RSyntaxNode filter, final RSyntaxNode child) {
-        return new RWhereNode(source, filter.asRNode(), child.asRNode());
-    }
-
     private static ArgumentsSignature createSignature(List<Argument<RSyntaxNode>> args) {
         String[] argumentNames = args.stream().map(arg -> arg.name).toArray(String[]::new);
         ArgumentsSignature signature = ArgumentsSignature.get(argumentNames);
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RSyntaxNodeVisitor.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RSyntaxNodeVisitor.java
index f45cbb5fc0bfc3aa0d084f9ea79239661010ff2f..ba3fb48f7dd754a701f9872f68ba27b48103972d 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RSyntaxNodeVisitor.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/RSyntaxNodeVisitor.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public interface RSyntaxNodeVisitor<T> extends IRSyntaxNodeVisitor<T> {
 
     public abstract T visit(final RCallSpecialNode callNode);
 
+    public abstract T visit(final ReplacementDispatchNode repl);
+
     public abstract T visit(final RQIRWrapperNode qir);
 
     public abstract T visit(final RSelectNode select);
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ public interface RSyntaxNodeVisitor<T> extends IRSyntaxNodeVisitor<T> {
             return visit((RCallNode) node);
         if (node instanceof RCallSpecialNode)
             return visit((RCallSpecialNode) node);
+        if (node instanceof ReplacementDispatchNode)
+            return visit((ReplacementDispatchNode) node);
         if (node instanceof RQIRWrapperNode)
             return visit((RQIRWrapperNode) node);
         if (node instanceof RSelectNode)
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRInterface.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRInterface.java
index d111ac466430d15447dda591a599bce02fda544b..bb18c7aca4b0aefffe934575c1a5965b861fb366 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRInterface.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRInterface.java
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ public final class QIRInterface {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates a QIR expression into a QSL statement.
+     * Translates a QIR expression into a R statement.
      *
      * @param value The QIR expression to translate
-     * @return The translation of the QIR expression in QSL
+     * @return The translation of the QIR expression in R
      * @throws UnsupportedOperationException If the type of the value is not supported.
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ public final class QIRInterface {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates a QSL statement into a QIR expression.
+     * Translates a R statement into a QIR expression.
      *
      * @param src The {@link SourceSection} of the given value
-     * @param value The QSL statement to translate
-     * @return The translation of the QSL statement in QIR
+     * @param value The R statement to translate
+     * @return The translation of the R statement in QIR
      */
     static final <T> QIRNode RToQIRType(final SourceSection src, final T value) {
         if (value instanceof BigInteger)
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRTranslateVisitor.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRTranslateVisitor.java
index d573447734271e56e71fa802e56942ea355ca5f1..fff041f2ca6b50b5c1dfb956310b6934fae02bfc 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRTranslateVisitor.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/qirinterface/QIRTranslateVisitor.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public final class QIRTranslateVisitor implements RSyntaxNodeVisitor<QIRNode> {
                 final Object name = ((WriteLocalFrameVariableNode) child).getName();
                 final RNode value = ((WriteLocalFrameVariableNode) child).getRhs();
 
-                // If the assignment value is a QSLReadArgumentNode, then we translate to a lambda.
+                // If the assignment value reads an argument, then we translate to a lambda.
                 result = new QIRLambda(dummy, null, new QIRVariable(dummy, (String) name, null), result);
                 // Else we apply STRAD-ASSIGN-ID normally
                 if (!(value instanceof AccessArgumentNode))
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public final class QIRTranslateVisitor implements RSyntaxNodeVisitor<QIRNode> {
 
     @Override
     public final QIRNode visit(final WriteLocalFrameVariableNode var) {
-        // STRAD-ASSIGN-ID should be handled in QSLBlockNode.
+        // STRAD-ASSIGN-ID should be handled in BlockNode.
         throw new RuntimeException("Error in translation to QIR: should not have visited an assignment.");
     }
 
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ public final class QIRTranslateVisitor implements RSyntaxNodeVisitor<QIRNode> {
         throw new RuntimeException("Can't translate R special call to QIR.");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final QIRNode visit(final ReplacementDispatchNode repl) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Can't translate R replacement node to QIR.");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Translation of a subquery.
      */
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQIRWrapperNode.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQIRWrapperNode.java
index 0067f65358ff3267bb41d838779c0aa12e62be18..d6acb68a46ac9ebce12e0c8a9ee706b645ca6f46 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQIRWrapperNode.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQIRWrapperNode.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public final class RQIRWrapperNode extends RSourceSectionNode {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DynamicObject execute(VirtualFrame frame) {
+    public final DynamicObject execute(VirtualFrame frame) {
         final int instanceId = context.envs.get(id) == null ? id : context.createFreshQueryFrom(id);
         context.envs.set(instanceId, frame);
         return createQuery(instanceId);
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQueryVisitor.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQueryVisitor.java
index 2a919905ff395b295cbbc5181d5033734a8a64d8..3f2f859189c8dfef9d72470a87a8d5d46a634cf2 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQueryVisitor.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/nodes/query/RQueryVisitor.java
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ public final class RQueryVisitor implements RSyntaxNodeVisitor<RSyntaxNode> {
                         Arrays.asList((RSyntaxNode[]) call.getSyntaxArguments()).stream().map(arg -> arg.accept(this)).toArray(RSyntaxNode[]::new));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final RSyntaxNode visit(final ReplacementDispatchNode repl) {
+        return repl;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final RSyntaxNode visit(final RQIRWrapperNode qir) {
         return qir;
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.parser/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/parser/R.g b/com.oracle.truffle.r.parser/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/parser/R.g
index 667b45625282b1f5f68064571f690c269b13124f..78c92fcb0f7257ea1525b48384da9a7573b3ba7e 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.parser/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/parser/R.g
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.parser/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/parser/R.g
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ script returns [List<T> v]
         	throw new RecognitionException(input); 
         }
     }
-    : n_ ( s=statement { $v.add(builder.handleQueries($s.v)); })*
+    : n_ ( s=statement { $v.add($s.v); })*
     ;
     
 root_function [String name] returns [RootCallTarget v]
@@ -409,13 +409,8 @@ simple_expr returns [T v]
     | op=LPAR n_ ea=expr_or_assign n_ y=RPAR    { $v = builder.call(src($op, $y), operator($op), $ea.v); }
     | s=sequence                                { $v = $s.v; }
     | e=expr_wo_assign                          { $v = $e.v; }
-    | q=query                          			{ $v = $q.v; }
     ;
 
-query returns [T v]
-	: op=SELECT n_ LPAR n_ formatter=expr n_ COMMA n_ child=expr end=RPAR { $v = builder.select(src($op, $end), $formatter.v, $child.v); }
-	;
-
 number returns [T v]
     : i=INTEGER {
         double value = RRuntime.string2doubleNoCheck($i.text);
@@ -567,7 +562,6 @@ IF     : 'if' ;
 ELSE   : 'else' ;
 NEXT   : 'next' ;
 BREAK  : 'break' ;
-SELECT : 'select' ;
 
 WS      : ('\u0009'|'\u0020'|'\u00A0') { $channel=HIDDEN; } ;
 NEWLINE : LINE_BREAK { if(incompleteNesting > 0) $channel=HIDDEN; } ;
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/nodes/RCodeBuilder.java b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/nodes/RCodeBuilder.java
index 45d89f4abd67d72f830de7d19e640eb30fb53735..45eb98dceacf4427936a8021a8802062e44c5a97 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/nodes/RCodeBuilder.java
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime/src/com/oracle/truffle/r/runtime/nodes/RCodeBuilder.java
@@ -94,26 +94,6 @@ public interface RCodeBuilder<T> {
      */
     T call(SourceSection source, T lhs, List<Argument<T>> arguments);
 
-    /**
-     * Processes queries in an expression to make them ready for evaluation.
-     */
-    T handleQueries(final T expression);
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a select query.
-     */
-    T select(final SourceSection source, final T formatter, final T child);
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a from query.
-     */
-    T from(final SourceSection source, final T child);
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a where query.
-     */
-    T where(final SourceSection source, final T filter, final T child);
-
     /**
      * Creates a constant, the value is expected to be one of FastR's scalar types (byte, int,
      * double, RComplex, String, RNull).