diff --git a/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/PGF.java b/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/PGF.java
index e3396cad1..a80347483 100644
--- a/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/PGF.java
+++ b/src/ui/gwt/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/gwt/client/PGF.java
@@ -141,6 +141,20 @@ public class PGF {
 		public final native int getFId() /*-{ return this.fid; }-*/;
 		public final native int getIndex() /*-{ return this.index; }-*/;
 		public final native BracketedString[] getChildren() /*-{ return this.children; }-*/;
+		
+		public final String render() {
+			if (getToken() != null)
+				return getToken();
+			else {
+				StringBuilder sbuilder = new StringBuilder();
+				for (BracketedString bs : getChildren()) {
+					if (sbuilder.length() > 0)
+						sbuilder.append(' ');
+					sbuilder.append(bs.render());
+				}
+				return sbuilder.toString();
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public static class TcError extends JavaScriptObject {