diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/wikiparser.js b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/wikiparser.js
index cb777885e..8a4ce6ed1 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/wikiparser.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/wikiparser.js
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ WikiParser.prototype.parsePragmas = function() {
 			// Set the start and end positions of the pragma rule if
 			if (subTree[0].start === undefined) subTree[0].start = start;
 			if (subTree[subTree.length - 1].end === undefined) subTree[subTree.length - 1].end = this.pos;
+			var rule = Object.getPrototypeOf(nextMatch.rule);
+			for (const node of subTree) node.rule = rule;
 			// Quick hack; we only cope with a single parse tree node being returned, which is true at the moment
 			currentTreeBranch.push.apply(currentTreeBranch,subTree);
 			subTree[0].children = [];
@@ -244,13 +246,15 @@ WikiParser.prototype.parseBlock = function(terminatorRegExpString) {
 			if (subTree[0].start === undefined) subTree[0].start = start;
 			if (subTree[subTree.length - 1].end === undefined) subTree[subTree.length - 1].end = this.pos;
 		}
+		var rule = Object.getPrototypeOf(nextMatch.rule);
+		for (const node of subTree) node.rule = rule;
 		return subTree;
 	}
 	// Treat it as a paragraph if we didn't find a block rule
 	var start = this.pos;
 	var children = this.parseInlineRun(terminatorRegExp);
 	var end = this.pos;
-	return [{type: "element", tag: "p", children: children, start: start, end: end }];
+	return [{type: "element", tag: "p", children: children, start: start, end: end, parseRule: null }];
 };
 
 /*
@@ -349,6 +353,8 @@ WikiParser.prototype.parseInlineRunUnterminated = function(options) {
 			if (subTree[0].start === undefined) subTree[0].start = start;
 			if (subTree[subTree.length - 1].end === undefined) subTree[subTree.length - 1].end = this.pos;
 		}
+		var rule = Object.getPrototypeOf(nextMatch.rule);
+		for (const node of subTree) node.rule = rule;
 		tree.push.apply(tree,subTree);
 		// Look for the next run rule
 		nextMatch = this.findNextMatch(this.inlineRules,this.pos);
@@ -407,6 +413,8 @@ WikiParser.prototype.parseInlineRunTerminatedExtended = function(terminatorRegEx
 				if (subTree[0].start === undefined) subTree[0].start = start;
 				if (subTree[subTree.length - 1].end === undefined) subTree[subTree.length - 1].end = this.pos;
 			}
+			var rule = Object.getPrototypeOf(inlineRuleMatch.rule);
+			for (const node of subTree) node.rule = rule;
 			tree.push.apply(tree,subTree);
 			// Look for the next inline rule
 			inlineRuleMatch = this.findNextMatch(this.inlineRules,this.pos);
@@ -433,7 +441,7 @@ WikiParser.prototype.pushTextWidget = function(array,text,start,end) {
 		text = $tw.utils.trim(text);
 	}
 	if(text) {
-		array.push({type: "text", text: text, start: start, end: end});
+		array.push({type: "text", text: text, start: start, end: end, parseRule: null});
 	}
 };