diff --git a/src/core/bot_actions.rs b/src/core/bot_actions.rs
index 8941654..cf7557f 100644
--- a/src/core/bot_actions.rs
+++ b/src/core/bot_actions.rs
@@ -57,9 +57,67 @@ impl ExecBodyParams {
         requestor_badge_mut
     }
 
+    /// Returns some information about the message that was replied to by the `PrivmsgMessage` contained
+    /// in the `msg` field of this struct.
+    ///
+    /// If that message replied to message return that information in form of `Some<ReplyParent>`.
+    /// Otherwise, return `None`.
+    pub fn get_parent_reply(&self) -> Option<ReplyParent> {
+        let map = &self.msg.source.tags.0;
+        let tags = [
+            "reply-parent-user-id",
+            "reply-parent-user-login",
+            "reply-parent-display-name",
+            "reply-parent-msg-id",
+            "reply-parent-msg-body"
+        ];
 
+        // filter out all tags that do not have content.
+        let tag_contents: Vec<String> = tags.iter().filter_map(|tag| {
+            if let Some(&Some(ref t)) = map.get(*tag) {
+                Some(t.clone())
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        }).collect();
+
+        // if no tags got filtered out return the struct.
+        // else return `None`.
+        return if tag_contents.len() == 5 {
+            Some(ReplyParent {
+                sender: TwitchUserBasics {
+                    id: tag_contents[0].clone(),
+                    login: tag_contents[1].clone(),
+                    name: tag_contents[2].clone(),
+                },
+                message_id: tag_contents[3].clone(),
+                message_text: tag_contents[4].clone(),
+                channel_login: self.msg.channel_login.clone(),
+                channel_id: self.msg.channel_id.clone(),
+            })
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
 }
 
+/// Represents the message a `PrivmsgMessage` replies to.
+/// Similar to a less detailed `PrivmsgMessage`.
+///
+/// This should not be constructed manually but only from calling `get_parent_reply()` on
+/// `ExecBodyParams`.
+///
+/// Fields that will be the same as the `PrivmsgMessage` this was generated from:
+/// - `channel_login`
+/// - `channel_id`
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ReplyParent {
+    pub sender: TwitchUserBasics,
+    pub message_id: String,
+    pub message_text: String,
+    pub channel_login: String,
+    pub channel_id: String,
+}
 
 
 pub mod actions_util {