diff --git a/src/A3t.cpp b/src/A3t.cpp
index 450c59d04..499d4fe1b 100644
--- a/src/A3t.cpp
+++ b/src/A3t.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ void A3t::append_stdin ()
 #endif
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+Tree* A3t::tree ()
+{
+  return _tree;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Tree* A3t::parse ()
 {
diff --git a/src/A3t.h b/src/A3t.h
index 374ac0c76..41f041f9a 100644
--- a/src/A3t.h
+++ b/src/A3t.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
   ~A3t ();
   void initialize (int, const char**);
   void append_stdin ();
+  Tree* tree ();
   Tree* parse ();
   void entity (const std::string&, const std::string&);
   bool canonicalize (std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string&) const;