diff --git a/src/sgfParser/node.py b/src/sgfParser/node.py
--- a/src/sgfParser/node.py
+++ b/src/sgfParser/node.py
@@ -68,3 +68,29 @@ class Node:
 	def getProperty(self,name):
 		if name in self.properties: return self.properties[name]
 		else: return None
+
+	## Returns textual representation of the Node itself, but disregards its children.
+	def __str__(self):
+		return ";" + "".join(str(p) for p in self.properties.values())
+
+	def export(self):
+		# there is a beatiful recursive solution, which this stack is too narrow to contain
+		stack=[(self,1,1)]
+		output=[]
+
+		while len(stack)>0:
+			node,left,right=stack.pop()
+			if left>0: output.append("("*left)
+			output.append(str(node))
+
+			childCount=len(node.children)
+			if childCount==0: # a leaf
+				output.append(")"*right)
+			elif childCount==1: # a line
+				stack.append((node.children[0],0,right))
+			else: # a branching node
+				# first child pops first, last child closes parent's parentheses
+				children=zip(node.children,[1]*childCount,[1]*(childCount-1)+[1+right])
+				stack.extend(reversed(children))
+
+		return "".join(output)