diff --git a/src/parse.ts b/src/parse.ts
index e179ac5..2f61f5c 100644
--- a/src/parse.ts
+++ b/src/parse.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ export function parse(query: string, options?: JSONQueryParseOptions): JSONQuery
     while (true) {
       skipWhitespace()
 
+      if (query[i] === '.' && 'pipe' in currentOperators) {
+        // an implicitly piped property like "fn().prop"
+        const right = parseProperty()
+        left = left[0] === 'pipe' ? [...left, right] : ['pipe', left, right]
+        continue
+      }
+
       const start = i
       const name = parseOperatorName(currentOperators)
       if (!name) {
@@ -115,6 +122,8 @@ export function parse(query: string, options?: JSONQueryParseOptions): JSONQuery
             parseInteger() ??
             throwSyntaxError('Property expected')
         )
+
+        skipWhitespace()
       }
 
       return ['get', ...props]
diff --git a/test-suite/parse.test.json b/test-suite/parse.test.json
index a8d4fc8..b61bca2 100644
--- a/test-suite/parse.test.json
+++ b/test-suite/parse.test.json
@@ -46,6 +46,42 @@
         { "input": ".array.2", "output": ["get", "array", 2] }
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "category": "property",
+      "description": "should parse an implicitly piped a property",
+      "tests": [
+        {
+          "input": "groupBy(.city).myCity",
+          "output": ["pipe", ["groupBy", ["get", "city"]], ["get", "myCity"]]
+        },
+        {
+          "input": "groupBy(.city).myCity | size()",
+          "output": ["pipe", ["groupBy", ["get", "city"]], ["get", "myCity"], ["size"]]
+        },
+        {
+          "input": "groupBy(.city).myCity.location | size()",
+          "output": ["pipe", ["groupBy", ["get", "city"]], ["get", "myCity", "location"], ["size"]]
+        },
+        {
+          "input": ".data | groupBy(.city).myCity",
+          "output": ["pipe", ["get", "data"], ["groupBy", ["get", "city"]], ["get", "myCity"]]
+        },
+        {
+          "input": "\"hello\".length",
+          "output": ["pipe", "hello", ["get", "length"]]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "category": "property",
+      "description": "should allow whitespace between multiple properties",
+      "tests": [
+        { "input": ".\"address\" .\"city\"", "output": ["get", "address", "city"] },
+        { "input": ".address .city", "output": ["get", "address", "city"] },
+        { "input": ".address\t.city", "output": ["get", "address", "city"] },
+        { "input": ".address\n.city", "output": ["get", "address", "city"] }
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "category": "property",
       "description": "should throw an error when a property misses an end quote",
@@ -54,11 +90,7 @@
     {
       "category": "property",
       "description": "should throw an error when there is whitespace between the dot and the property name",
-      "tests": [
-        { "input": ". \"name\"", "throws": "Property expected (pos: 1)" },
-        { "input": ".\"address\" .\"city\"", "throws": "Unexpected part '.\"city\"' (pos: 11)" },
-        { "input": ".address .city", "throws": "Unexpected part '.city' (pos: 9)" }
-      ]
+      "tests": [{ "input": ". \"name\"", "throws": "Property expected (pos: 1)" }]
     },
     {
       "category": "function",
@@ -453,11 +485,10 @@
       "description": "should throw an error in case of an invalid number",
       "tests": [
         { "input": "-", "throws": "Value expected (pos: 0)" },
-        { "input": "2.", "throws": "Unexpected part '.' (pos: 1)" },
+        { "input": "2.", "throws": "Property expected (pos: 2)" },
         { "input": "2.3e", "throws": "Unexpected part 'e' (pos: 3)" },
         { "input": "2.3e+", "throws": "Unexpected part 'e+' (pos: 3)" },
-        { "input": "2.3e-", "throws": "Unexpected part 'e-' (pos: 3)" },
-        { "input": "2.", "throws": "Unexpected part '.' (pos: 1)" }
+        { "input": "2.3e-", "throws": "Unexpected part 'e-' (pos: 3)" }
       ]
     },
     {