diff --git a/spacy/matcher.pyx b/spacy/matcher.pyx
index 93ee3d984..cf8ee089d 100644
--- a/spacy/matcher.pyx
+++ b/spacy/matcher.pyx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from .attrs import FLAG37 as L8_ENT
 from .attrs import FLAG36 as L9_ENT
 from .attrs import FLAG35 as L10_ENT
 
+DELIMITER = '||'
 
 cpdef enum quantifier_t:
     _META
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ cdef enum action_t:
     ACCEPT_PREV
     PANIC
 
-# A "match expression" conists of one or more token patterns
+# A "match expression" consists of one or more token patterns
 # Each token pattern consists of a quantifier and 0+ (attr, value) pairs.
 # A state is an (int, pattern pointer) pair, where the int is the start
 # position, and the pattern pointer shows where we're up to
@@ -76,16 +77,16 @@ cdef struct AttrValueC:
     attr_id_t attr
     attr_t value
 
-
 cdef struct TokenPatternC:
     AttrValueC* attrs
     int32_t nr_attr
     quantifier_t quantifier
 
-
 ctypedef TokenPatternC* TokenPatternC_ptr
 ctypedef pair[int, TokenPatternC_ptr] StateC
 
+DEF PADDING = 5
+
 
 cdef TokenPatternC* init_pattern(Pool mem, attr_t entity_id,
                                  object token_specs) except NULL:
@@ -105,7 +106,6 @@ cdef TokenPatternC* init_pattern(Pool mem, attr_t entity_id,
     pattern[i].nr_attr = 0
     return pattern
 
-
 cdef attr_t get_pattern_key(const TokenPatternC* pattern) except 0:
     while pattern.nr_attr != 0:
         pattern += 1
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ cdef class Matcher:
 
         key (unicode): The match ID.
         on_match (callable): Callback executed on match.
-        *patterns (list): List of token descritions.
+        *patterns (list): List of token descriptions.
         """
         for pattern in patterns:
             if len(pattern) == 0:
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ cdef class PhraseMatcher:
             self.phrase_ids.set(phrase_hash, <void*>ent_id)
 
     def __call__(self, Doc doc):
+
         """Find all sequences matching the supplied patterns on the `Doc`.
 
         doc (Doc): The document to match over.
@@ -573,3 +574,236 @@ cdef class PhraseMatcher:
             return None
         else:
             return ent_id
+
+cdef class DependencyTreeMatcher:
+    """Match dependency parse tree based on pattern rules."""
+    cdef Pool mem
+    cdef readonly Vocab vocab
+    cdef readonly Matcher token_matcher
+    cdef public object _patterns
+    cdef public object _keys_to_token
+    cdef public object _root
+    cdef public object _entities
+    cdef public object _callbacks
+    cdef public object _nodes
+    cdef public object _tree
+
+    def __init__(self, vocab):
+        """Create the DependencyTreeMatcher.
+
+        vocab (Vocab): The vocabulary object, which must be shared with the
+            documents the matcher will operate on.
+        RETURNS (DependencyTreeMatcher): The newly constructed object.
+        """
+        size = 20
+        self.token_matcher = Matcher(vocab)
+        self._keys_to_token = {}
+        self._patterns = {}
+        self._root = {}
+        self._nodes = {}
+        self._tree = {}
+        self._entities = {}
+        self._callbacks = {}
+        self.vocab = vocab
+        self.mem = Pool()
+
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        data = (self.vocab, self._patterns,self._tree, self._callbacks)
+        return (unpickle_matcher, data, None, None)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        """Get the number of rules, which are edges ,added to the dependency tree matcher.
+
+        RETURNS (int): The number of rules.
+        """
+        return len(self._patterns)
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        """Check whether the matcher contains rules for a match ID.
+
+        key (unicode): The match ID.
+        RETURNS (bool): Whether the matcher contains rules for this match ID.
+        """
+        return self._normalize_key(key) in self._patterns
+
+
+    def add(self, key, on_match, *patterns):
+
+        # TODO : validations
+        # 1. check if input pattern is connected
+        # 2. check if pattern format is correct
+        # 3. check if atleast one root node is present
+        # 4. check if node names are not repeated
+        # 5. check if each node has only one head
+
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            if len(pattern) == 0:
+                raise ValueError(Errors.E012.format(key=key))
+
+        key = self._normalize_key(key)
+
+        _patterns = []
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            token_patterns = []
+            for i in range(len(pattern)):
+                token_pattern = [pattern[i]['PATTERN']]
+                token_patterns.append(token_pattern)
+            # self.patterns.append(token_patterns)
+            _patterns.append(token_patterns)
+
+        self._patterns.setdefault(key, [])
+        self._callbacks[key] = on_match
+        self._patterns[key].extend(_patterns)
+
+        # Add each node pattern of all the input patterns individually to the matcher.
+        # This enables only a single instance of Matcher to be used.
+        # Multiple adds are required to track each node pattern.
+        _keys_to_token_list = []
+        for i in range(len(_patterns)):
+            _keys_to_token = {}
+            # TODO : Better ways to hash edges in pattern?
+            for j in range(len(_patterns[i])):
+                k = self._normalize_key(unicode(key)+DELIMITER+unicode(i)+DELIMITER+unicode(j))
+                self.token_matcher.add(k,None,_patterns[i][j])
+                _keys_to_token[k] = j
+            _keys_to_token_list.append(_keys_to_token)
+
+        self._keys_to_token.setdefault(key, [])
+        self._keys_to_token[key].extend(_keys_to_token_list)
+
+        _nodes_list = []
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            nodes = {}
+            for i in range(len(pattern)):
+                nodes[pattern[i]['SPEC']['NODE_NAME']]=i
+            _nodes_list.append(nodes)
+
+        self._nodes.setdefault(key, [])
+        self._nodes[key].extend(_nodes_list)
+
+        # Create an object tree to traverse later on.
+        # This datastructure enable easy tree pattern match.
+        # Doc-Token based tree cannot be reused since it is memory heavy and tightly coupled with doc
+        self.retrieve_tree(patterns,_nodes_list,key)
+
+    def retrieve_tree(self,patterns,_nodes_list,key):
+
+        _heads_list = []
+        _root_list = []
+        for i in range(len(patterns)):
+            heads = {}
+            root = -1
+            for j in range(len(patterns[i])):
+                token_pattern = patterns[i][j]
+                if('NBOR_RELOP' not in token_pattern['SPEC']):
+                    heads[j] = j
+                    root = j
+                else:
+                    # TODO: Add semgrex rules
+                    # 1. >
+                    if(token_pattern['SPEC']['NBOR_RELOP'] == '>'):
+                        heads[j] = _nodes_list[i][token_pattern['SPEC']['NBOR_NAME']]
+                    # 2. <
+                    if(token_pattern['SPEC']['NBOR_RELOP'] == '<'):
+                        heads[_nodes_list[i][token_pattern['SPEC']['NBOR_NAME']]] = j
+
+            _heads_list.append(heads)
+            _root_list.append(root)
+
+        _tree_list = []
+        for i in range(len(patterns)):
+            tree = {}
+            for j in range(len(patterns[i])):
+                if(j == _heads_list[i][j]):
+                    continue
+                head = _heads_list[i][j]
+                if(head not in tree):
+                    tree[head] = []
+                tree[head].append(j)
+            _tree_list.append(tree)
+
+        self._tree.setdefault(key, [])
+        self._tree[key].extend(_tree_list)
+
+        self._root.setdefault(key, [])
+        self._root[key].extend(_root_list)
+
+    def has_key(self, key):
+        """Check whether the matcher has a rule with a given key.
+
+        key (string or int): The key to check.
+        RETURNS (bool): Whether the matcher has the rule.
+        """
+        key = self._normalize_key(key)
+        return key in self._patterns
+
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        """Retrieve the pattern stored for a key.
+
+        key (unicode or int): The key to retrieve.
+        RETURNS (tuple): The rule, as an (on_match, patterns) tuple.
+        """
+        key = self._normalize_key(key)
+        if key not in self._patterns:
+            return default
+        return (self._callbacks[key], self._patterns[key])
+
+    def __call__(self, Doc doc):
+        matched_trees = []
+
+        matches = self.token_matcher(doc)
+        for key in list(self._patterns.keys()):
+            _patterns_list = self._patterns[key]
+            _keys_to_token_list = self._keys_to_token[key]
+            _root_list = self._root[key]
+            _tree_list = self._tree[key]
+            _nodes_list = self._nodes[key]
+            length = len(_patterns_list)
+            for i in range(length):
+                _keys_to_token = _keys_to_token_list[i]
+                _root = _root_list[i]
+                _tree = _tree_list[i]
+                _nodes = _nodes_list[i]
+
+                id_to_position = {}
+
+                # This could be taken outside to improve running time..?
+                for match_id, start, end in matches:
+                    if match_id in _keys_to_token:
+                        if _keys_to_token[match_id] not in id_to_position:
+                            id_to_position[_keys_to_token[match_id]] = []
+                        id_to_position[_keys_to_token[match_id]].append(start)
+
+                length = len(_nodes)
+                if _root in id_to_position:
+                    candidates = id_to_position[_root]
+                    for candidate in candidates:
+                        isVisited = {}
+                        self.dfs(candidate,_root,_tree,id_to_position,doc,isVisited)
+                        # to check if the subtree pattern is completely identified
+                        if(len(isVisited) == length):
+                            matched_trees.append((key,list(isVisited)))
+
+            for i, (ent_id, nodes) in enumerate(matched_trees):
+                on_match = self._callbacks.get(ent_id)
+                if on_match is not None:
+                    on_match(self, doc, i, matches)
+
+        return matched_trees
+
+    def dfs(self,candidate,root,tree,id_to_position,doc,isVisited):
+        if(root in id_to_position and candidate in id_to_position[root]):
+            # color the node since it is valid
+            isVisited[candidate] = True
+            candidate_children = doc[candidate].children
+            for candidate_child in candidate_children:
+                if root in tree:
+                    for root_child in tree[root]:
+                        self.dfs(candidate_child.i,root_child,tree,id_to_position,doc,isVisited)
+
+
+    def _normalize_key(self, key):
+        if isinstance(key, basestring):
+            return self.vocab.strings.add(key)
+        else:
+            return key
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py b/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py
index 8210467ea..bb3013dbd 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from ..matcher import Matcher, PhraseMatcher
+from numpy import sort
+
+from ..matcher import Matcher, PhraseMatcher, DependencyTreeMatcher
 from .util import get_doc
 from ..tokens import Doc
 
 import pytest
-
+import re
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def matcher(en_vocab):
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ def matcher(en_vocab):
         matcher.add(key, None, *patterns)
     return matcher
 
-
 def test_matcher_from_api_docs(en_vocab):
     matcher = Matcher(en_vocab)
     pattern = [{'ORTH': 'test'}]
@@ -258,3 +259,47 @@ def test_matcher_end_zero_plus(matcher):
     assert len(matcher(nlp(u'a b c'))) == 1
     assert len(matcher(nlp(u'a b b c'))) == 1
     assert len(matcher(nlp(u'a b b'))) == 1
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def text():
+    return u"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy fox"
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def heads():
+    return [3,2,1,1,0,-1,2,1,-3]
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def deps():
+    return ['det', 'amod', 'amod', 'nsubj', 'prep', 'pobj', 'det', 'amod']
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def dependency_tree_matcher(en_vocab):
+    is_brown_yellow = lambda text: bool(re.compile(r'brown|yellow|over').match(text))
+    IS_BROWN_YELLOW = en_vocab.add_flag(is_brown_yellow)
+    pattern1 = [
+        {'SPEC': {'NODE_NAME': 'fox'}, 'PATTERN': {'ORTH': 'fox'}},
+        {'SPEC': {'NODE_NAME': 'q', 'NBOR_RELOP': '>', 'NBOR_NAME': 'fox'},'PATTERN': {'LOWER': u'quick'}},
+        {'SPEC': {'NODE_NAME': 'r', 'NBOR_RELOP': '>', 'NBOR_NAME': 'fox'}, 'PATTERN': {IS_BROWN_YELLOW: True}}
+    ]
+
+    pattern2 = [
+        {'SPEC': {'NODE_NAME': 'jumped'}, 'PATTERN': {'ORTH': 'jumped'}},
+        {'SPEC': {'NODE_NAME': 'fox', 'NBOR_RELOP': '>', 'NBOR_NAME': 'jumped'},'PATTERN': {'LOWER': u'fox'}},
+        {'SPEC': {'NODE_NAME': 'over', 'NBOR_RELOP': '>', 'NBOR_NAME': 'fox'}, 'PATTERN': {IS_BROWN_YELLOW: True}}
+    ]
+    matcher = DependencyTreeMatcher(en_vocab)
+    matcher.add('pattern1', None, pattern1)
+    matcher.add('pattern2', None, pattern2)
+    return matcher
+
+
+
+def test_dependency_tree_matcher_compile(dependency_tree_matcher):
+    assert len(dependency_tree_matcher) == 2
+
+def test_dependency_tree_matcher(dependency_tree_matcher,text,heads,deps):
+    doc = get_doc(dependency_tree_matcher.vocab,text.split(),heads=heads,deps=deps)
+    matches = dependency_tree_matcher(doc)
+    assert len(matches) == 2
+