--- a/absyntax/absyntax.hh	Sun Sep 28 17:48:42 2014 +0100
+++ b/absyntax/absyntax.hh	Sun Oct 19 08:36:49 2014 +0100
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
     /*
      * Annotations produced during stage 1_2
      */    
+    /* Points to the parent symbol in the AST, i.e. the symbol in the AST that will contain the current symbol */
+    symbol_c *parent; 
+    
     /* Line number for the purposes of error checking.  */
     int first_line;
     int first_column;