diff --git a/src/ui/android/res/layout/alternative_item.xml b/src/ui/android/res/layout/alternative_item.xml
index d88384bba..f35d1b938 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/res/layout/alternative_item.xml
+++ b/src/ui/android/res/layout/alternative_item.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/arrow"
         android:paddingLeft="10dp"
         android:textSize="25sp"/>
-    
+
 	<org.grammaticalframework.ui.android.ParseTreeView
     	android:id="@+id/desc_details"
     	android:layout_width="match_parent"
@@ -26,4 +26,11 @@
     	android:layout_below="@id/alternative_desc"
         android:textSize="25sp"
     	/>
+
+	<TextView
+        android:id="@+id/abstract_tree"
+        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_below="@id/desc_details"
+        android:textSize="15sp"/>
 </RelativeLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java
index 89bf92ac6..0bebbc3ea 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/AlternativesActivity.java
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ public class AlternativesActivity extends ListActivity {
 		View view = (View) expandedView.findViewById(R.id.desc_details);
 		((RelativeLayout) expandedView).removeView(view);
 
+		TextView textView = (TextView) expandedView.findViewById(R.id.abstract_tree);
+		if (textView != null)
+			((RelativeLayout) expandedView).removeView(textView);
+
 		expandedView = null;
 	}
 
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ public class AlternativesActivity extends ListActivity {
 			parseView = new ParseTreeView(this);
 			parseView.setId(R.id.desc_details);
 			RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = 
-					new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
+				new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
 			params.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW, R.id.alternative_desc);
 			((RelativeLayout) view).addView(parseView, params);
 		}
@@ -158,7 +162,19 @@ public class AlternativesActivity extends ListActivity {
 				brackets[0] = b;
 			}
 		}
-		parseView.setBrackets(brackets); 
+		parseView.setBrackets(brackets);
+		
+		TextView textView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.abstract_tree);
+		if (textView == null) {
+			textView = new TextView(this);
+			textView.setId(R.id.abstract_tree);
+			textView.setTextSize(15);
+			RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = 
+				new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
+			params.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW, R.id.desc_details);
+			((RelativeLayout) view).addView(textView, params);
+		}
+		textView.setText(ep.getExpr().toString());
 
 		expandedView = view;
 	}
@@ -206,6 +222,12 @@ public class AlternativesActivity extends ListActivity {
 					LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) 
 							getContext().getSystemService(Activity.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
 		            convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.alternative_item, null);
+
+		            View treeView = (View) convertView.findViewById(R.id.desc_details);
+		    		((RelativeLayout) convertView).removeView(treeView);
+
+		    		TextView textView = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.abstract_tree);
+		    		((RelativeLayout) convertView).removeView(textView);
 		        }
 
 		        TextView descView = (TextView)