diff --git a/prism/prism.c b/prism/prism.c
index f44ac73ea8..75bf37a16b 100644
--- a/prism/prism.c
+++ b/prism/prism.c
@@ -12949,6 +12949,32 @@ parse_write_name(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_constant_id_t *name_field) {
     *name_field = pm_constant_pool_insert_owned(&parser->constant_pool, name, length + 1);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Certain expressions are not targetable, but in order to provide a better
+ * experience we give a specific error message. In order to maintain as much
+ * information in the tree as possible, we replace them with local variable
+ * writes.
+ */
+static pm_node_t *
+parse_unwriteable_target(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *target) {
+    switch (PM_NODE_TYPE(target)) {
+        case PM_SOURCE_ENCODING_NODE: pm_parser_err_node(parser, target, PM_ERR_EXPRESSION_NOT_WRITABLE_ENCODING); break;
+        case PM_FALSE_NODE: pm_parser_err_node(parser, target, PM_ERR_EXPRESSION_NOT_WRITABLE_FALSE); break;
+        case PM_SOURCE_FILE_NODE: pm_parser_err_node(parser, target, PM_ERR_EXPRESSION_NOT_WRITABLE_FILE); break;
+        case PM_SOURCE_LINE_NODE: pm_parser_err_node(parser, target, PM_ERR_EXPRESSION_NOT_WRITABLE_LINE); break;
+        case PM_NIL_NODE: pm_parser_err_node(parser, target, PM_ERR_EXPRESSION_NOT_WRITABLE_NIL); break;
+        case PM_SELF_NODE: pm_parser_err_node(parser, target, PM_ERR_EXPRESSION_NOT_WRITABLE_SELF); break;
+        case PM_TRUE_NODE: pm_parser_err_node(parser, target, PM_ERR_EXPRESSION_NOT_WRITABLE_TRUE); break;
+        default: break;
+    }
+
+    pm_constant_id_t name = pm_parser_constant_id_location(parser, target->location.start, target->location.end);
+    pm_local_variable_target_node_t *result = pm_local_variable_target_node_create(parser, &target->location, name, 0);
+
+    pm_node_destroy(parser, target);
+    return (pm_node_t *) result;
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert the given node into a valid target node.
  */
@@ -12957,6 +12983,17 @@ parse_target(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *target) {
     switch (PM_NODE_TYPE(target)) {
         case PM_MISSING_NODE:
             return target;
+        case PM_SOURCE_ENCODING_NODE:
+        case PM_FALSE_NODE:
+        case PM_SOURCE_FILE_NODE:
+        case PM_SOURCE_LINE_NODE:
+        case PM_NIL_NODE:
+        case PM_SELF_NODE:
+        case PM_TRUE_NODE: {
+            // In these special cases, we have specific error messages and we
+            // will replace them with local variable writes.
+            return parse_unwriteable_target(parser, target);
+        }
         case PM_CLASS_VARIABLE_READ_NODE:
             assert(sizeof(pm_class_variable_target_node_t) == sizeof(pm_class_variable_read_node_t));
             target->type = PM_CLASS_VARIABLE_TARGET_NODE;
diff --git a/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb b/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb
index 83af593b15..060f36d3c6 100644
--- a/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb
+++ b/test/.excludes-prism/TestParse.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-exclude(:test_dynamic_constant_assignment, "unknown")
-exclude(:test_else_without_rescue, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_error_def_in_argument, "unknown")
-exclude(:test_float, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_global_variable, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_here_document, "unknown")
-exclude(:test_heredoc_unterminated_interpolation, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_invalid_char, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_location_of_invalid_token, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_op_asgn1_with_block, "unknown")
-exclude(:test_parse_string, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_percent, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_question, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_shareable_constant_value_ignored, "unknown")
@@ -19,10 +14,8 @@ exclude(:test_shareable_constant_value_unfrozen, "ractor support")
 exclude(:test_shareable_constant_value_unshareable_literal, "ractor support")
 exclude(:test_string, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_truncated_source_line, "unknown")
-exclude(:test_unassignable, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_unexpected_eof, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_unexpected_token_after_numeric, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_unterminated_regexp_error, "unknown")
 exclude(:test_unused_variable, "missing warning")
 exclude(:test_void_value_in_rhs, "unknown")
-exclude(:test_words, "unknown")