Commands can be parsed, in a very limited way.

src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/tree/ArgumentCommandNode.java

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package net.minecraft.commands.tree;
 
 import net.minecraft.commands.arguments.CommandArgumentType;
+import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.IllegalCommandArgumentException;
 
-public class ArgumentCommandNode extends CommandNode {
+public class ArgumentCommandNode<T> extends CommandNode {
     private final String name;
-    private final CommandArgumentType type;
+    private final CommandArgumentType<T> type;
 
-    public ArgumentCommandNode(String name, CommandArgumentType type) {
+    public ArgumentCommandNode(String name, CommandArgumentType<T> type) {
         this.name = name;
         this.type = type;
     }
@@ -15,7 +16,12 @@ public class ArgumentCommandNode extends CommandNode {
         return name;
     }
 
-    public CommandArgumentType getType() {
+    public CommandArgumentType<T> getType() {
         return type;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void parse(String command) throws IllegalCommandArgumentException {
+        type.parse(command);
+    }
 }

src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/tree/CommandNode.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.minecraft.commands.tree;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.IllegalCommandArgumentException;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -14,4 +15,6 @@ public abstract class CommandNode {
     public void addChild(CommandNode node) {
         children.add(node);
     }
+
+    public abstract void parse(String command) throws IllegalCommandArgumentException;
 }

src/main/java/net/minecraft/commands/tree/LiteralCommandNode.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.minecraft.commands.tree;
 
+import net.minecraft.commands.exceptions.IllegalCommandArgumentException;
+
 public class LiteralCommandNode extends CommandNode {
     private final String literal;
     private final Runnable executor;
@@ -16,4 +18,11 @@ public class LiteralCommandNode extends CommandNode {
     public Runnable getExecutor() {
         return executor;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void parse(String command) throws IllegalCommandArgumentException {
+        if (!command.equals(literal)) {
+            throw new IllegalCommandArgumentException();
+        }
+    }
 }