diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 714f012..42b3641 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'1.3'
+version = u'1.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'1.3'
+release = u'1.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/source/tutorial.rst b/doc/source/tutorial.rst
index e833432..c594ebe 100644
--- a/doc/source/tutorial.rst
+++ b/doc/source/tutorial.rst
@@ -169,3 +169,34 @@ is provided with:
    with open('mycode') as f:
        # 'start' is the default rule name used to start parsing
        model = parser.parse(f.read(), rule_name='start')
+
+When using the ``NodeWalker`` class to traverse the model (built with the
+``ModelBuilderSemantics`` class), those two functions are usefull:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   from link.utils.grammar import codegenerator, adopt_children, find_ancestor
+   from grako.model import ModelBuilderSemantics
+
+
+   with open('grammar.bnf') as f:
+       module = codegenerator('mydsl', 'MyDSL', f.read())
+
+   parser = module.MyDSLParser(semantics)
+
+   with open('mycode') as f:
+       # 'start' is the default rule name used to start parsing
+       model = parser.parse(f.read(), rule_name='start')
+
+Use this before calling the NodeWalker in order to have nodes parent member set:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   adopt_children(model._ast, parent=model)
+
+When traversing the model, you may need to get informations about a parent node:
+
+   pnode = find_ancestor(node, 'ParentNode')
+
+   if pnode is not None:
+       # parent node was found
diff --git a/link/utils/__init__.py b/link/utils/__init__.py
index 0893146..adac240 100644
--- a/link/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/link/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '1.3'
+__version__ = '1.4'
 
 CONF_BASE_PATH = 'link/utils'
diff --git a/link/utils/grammar.py b/link/utils/grammar.py
index eb10283..e1cfe54 100644
--- a/link/utils/grammar.py
+++ b/link/utils/grammar.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 from grako.parser import GrakoGrammarGenerator
 from grako.codegen import pythoncg
+from grako.util import Mapping
+from grako.model import Node
 
 from six import exec_
 import imp
@@ -43,3 +45,58 @@ def codegenerator(modname, prefix, grammar):
     sys.modules[modname] = module
 
     return module
+
+
+def adopt_children(ast, parent=None):
+    """
+    Make sure that grako Nodes have the parent property set correctly.
+
+    :param ast: Grako AST
+    :type ast: grako.model.Node, grako.util.Mapping or list
+
+    :param parent: Parent Node
+    :type parent: grako.model.Node or None
+    """
+
+    childset = set()
+
+    if isinstance(ast, Node) and ast not in childset:
+        if isinstance(parent, Node):
+            ast._parent = parent
+            childset.add(ast)
+
+    elif isinstance(ast, Mapping):
+        for c in ast.values():
+            adopt_children(c, parent=parent)
+
+    elif isinstance(ast, list):
+        for c in ast:
+            adopt_children(c, parent=parent)
+
+    for child in childset:
+        adopt_children(child._ast, parent=child)
+
+
+def find_ancestor(node, classname):
+    """
+    Find first node's ancestor which match class' name.
+
+    :param node: Grako Node
+    :type node: grako.model.Node
+
+    :param classname: Class' name
+    :type classname: str
+
+    :returns: Node's ancestor or None if not found
+    :rtype: grako.model.Node
+    """
+
+    pnode = node.parent
+
+    while pnode is not None:
+        if pnode.__class__.__name__ == classname:
+            break
+
+        pnode = pnode.parent
+
+    return pnode
diff --git a/link/utils/test/grammar.py b/link/utils/test/grammar.py
index a5521d9..038ae75 100644
--- a/link/utils/test/grammar.py
+++ b/link/utils/test/grammar.py
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 from b3j0f.utils.ut import UTCase
 from unittest import main
 
-from link.utils.grammar import codegenerator
+from link.utils.grammar import codegenerator, adopt_children, find_ancestor
+from grako.model import ModelBuilderSemantics, Node
 from grako.exceptions import FailedToken
 import sys
 
 
-class TestCodeGenerator(UTCase):
-    def test_module(self):
+class TestGrammar(UTCase):
+    def test_codegenerator(self):
         mod = codegenerator('mydsl', 'MyDSL', 'dsl = "DSL" ;')
 
         self.assertEqual(mod.__name__, 'mydsl')
@@ -23,6 +24,33 @@ def test_module(self):
         with self.assertRaises(FailedToken):
             parser.parse('dsl', rule_name='dsl')
 
+    def test_adopt_children(self):
+        mod = codegenerator('mydsl', 'MyDSL', '''
+        subnode::SubNode = v:"DSL" ;
+        dsl::RootNode = sub:{ subnode }+ ;
+        ''')
+
+        parser = mod.MyDSLParser(semantics=ModelBuilderSemantics())
+        model = parser.parse('DSL', rule_name='dsl')
+        self.assertIsInstance(model, Node)
+
+        adopt_children(model._ast, parent=model)
+        self.assertIs(model.sub[0].parent, model)
+
+    def test_find_ancestor(self):
+        mod = codegenerator('mydsl', 'MyDSL', '''
+        subsubnode::SubSubNode = v:"DSL" ;
+        subnode::SubNode = sub:subsubnode ;
+        dsl::RootNode = sub:subnode ;
+        ''')
+
+        parser = mod.MyDSLParser(semantics=ModelBuilderSemantics())
+        model = parser.parse('DSL', rule_name='dsl')
+        adopt_children(model._ast, parent=model)
+        pnode = find_ancestor(model.sub.sub, 'RootNode')
+
+        self.assertIs(pnode, model)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()