diff --git a/examples/reconstruct_json.py b/examples/reconstruct_json.py
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+import json
+from .json_parser import json_grammar
+
+from lark import Lark
+from lark.reconstruct import Reconstructor
+
+def test():
+
+    test_json = '''
+        {
+            "empty_object" : {},
+            "empty_array"  : [],
+            "booleans"     : { "YES" : true, "NO" : false },
+            "numbers"      : [ 0, 1, -2, 3.3, 4.4e5, 6.6e-7 ],
+            "strings"      : [ "This", [ "And" , "That" ] ],
+            "nothing"      : null
+        }
+    '''
+
+    json_parser = Lark(json_grammar)
+    tree = json_parser.parse(test_json)
+
+    # print '@@', tree.pretty()
+    # for x in tree.find_data('true'):
+    #     x.data = 'false'
+    #     # x.children[0].value = '"HAHA"'
+
+
+    new_json = Reconstructor(json_parser).reconstruct(tree)
+    print new_json
+    print json.loads(new_json) == json.loads(test_json)
+
+test()
diff --git a/lark/reconstruct.py b/lark/reconstruct.py
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+import re
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+from .tree import Tree
+from .common import is_terminal
+from .lexer import Token, TokenDef__Str
+from .parsers import earley
+from .lark import Lark
+
+
+
+def is_discarded_terminal(t):
+    return is_terminal(t) and t.startswith('_')
+
+def is_iter_empty(i):
+    try:
+        _ = next(i)
+        return False
+    except StopIteration:
+        return True
+
+class Reconstructor:
+    def __init__(self, parser):
+        tokens = {t.name:t for t in parser.lexer_conf.tokens}
+        token_res = {t.name:re.compile(t.to_regexp()) for t in parser.lexer_conf.tokens}
+
+        class MatchData:
+            def __init__(self, data):
+                self.data = data
+
+        class MatchTerminal(MatchData):
+            def match(self, other):
+                return token_res[self.data].match(other) is not None
+
+        class MatchTree(MatchData):
+            def match(self, other):
+                return self.data == other.data
+
+        class WriteTokens:
+            def __init__(self, name, expansion):
+                self.name = name
+                self.expansion = expansion
+
+            def f(self, args):
+                args2 = iter(args)
+                to_write = []
+                for sym in self.expansion:
+                    if is_discarded_terminal(sym):
+                        t = tokens[sym]
+                        assert isinstance(t, TokenDef__Str)
+                        to_write.append(t.value)
+                    else:
+                        x = next(args2)
+                        if isinstance(x, list):
+                            to_write += x
+                        else:
+                            if isinstance(x, Token):
+                                assert x.type == sym, x
+                            else:
+                                assert x.data == sym, x
+                            to_write.append(x)
+
+                assert is_iter_empty(args2)
+
+                return to_write
+
+        d = defaultdict(list)
+        for name, expansions in parser.rules.items():
+            for expansion, alias in expansions:
+                if alias:
+                    d[alias].append(expansion)
+                    d[name].append([alias])
+                else:
+                    d[name].append(expansion)
+
+        rules = []
+        expand1s = {name.lstrip('!').lstrip('?') for name in d
+                    if name.startswith(('?', '!?'))}    # XXX Ugly code
+
+        for name, expansions in d.items():
+            for expansion in expansions:
+                reduced = [sym if sym.startswith('_') or sym in expand1s else
+                           (sym, MatchTerminal(sym) if is_terminal(sym) else MatchTree(sym))
+                           for sym in expansion if not is_discarded_terminal(sym)]
+
+                name = name.lstrip('!').lstrip('?')
+
+                rules.append({'name': name,
+                              'symbols': reduced,
+                              'postprocess': WriteTokens(name, expansion).f
+                              })
+        self.rules = rules
+
+
+    def _reconstruct(self, tree):
+        parser = earley.Parser(self.rules, tree.data)
+
+        res ,= parser.parse(tree.children)  # XXX ambiguity?
+        for item in res:
+            if isinstance(item, Tree):
+                for x in self._reconstruct(item):
+                    yield x
+            else:
+                yield item
+
+    def reconstruct(self, tree):
+        return ''.join(self._reconstruct(tree))
+
+