diff --git a/lambeq/__init__.py b/lambeq/__init__.py
index 2ff4c656..187962e4 100644
--- a/lambeq/__init__.py
+++ b/lambeq/__init__.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         'bag_of_words_reader',
         'cups_reader',
         'spiders_reader',
+        'spider_chain_reader',
         'stairs_reader',
         'word_sequence_reader',
 
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
         WebParseError, WebParser,
         Reader, LinearReader, TreeReader, TreeReaderMode,
         bag_of_words_reader, cups_reader, spiders_reader,
-        stairs_reader, word_sequence_reader)
+        spider_chain_reader, stairs_reader, word_sequence_reader)
 from lambeq.tokeniser import Tokeniser, SpacyTokeniser
 from lambeq.training import (Checkpoint, Dataset, Optimizer,
                              NelderMeadOptimizer, RotosolveOptimizer,
diff --git a/lambeq/text2diagram/__init__.py b/lambeq/text2diagram/__init__.py
index a5debd31..04ae5be7 100644
--- a/lambeq/text2diagram/__init__.py
+++ b/lambeq/text2diagram/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
            'bag_of_words_reader',
            'cups_reader',
            'spiders_reader',
+           'spider_chain_reader',
            'stairs_reader',
            'word_sequence_reader']
 
@@ -53,5 +54,6 @@
                                                stairs_reader,
                                                word_sequence_reader)
 from lambeq.text2diagram.spiders_reader import (bag_of_words_reader,
-                                                spiders_reader)
+                                                spiders_reader,
+                                                spider_chain_reader)
 from lambeq.text2diagram.tree_reader import TreeReader, TreeReaderMode
diff --git a/lambeq/text2diagram/spiders_reader.py b/lambeq/text2diagram/spiders_reader.py
index 733b47da..7bb1dd5b 100644
--- a/lambeq/text2diagram/spiders_reader.py
+++ b/lambeq/text2diagram/spiders_reader.py
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__all__ = ['SpidersReader', 'bag_of_words_reader', 'spiders_reader']
+__all__ = ['SpidersReader', 'bag_of_words_reader',
+           'spiders_reader', 'spider_chain_reader']
 
 from lambeq.backend.grammar import Diagram, Id, Spider, Word
 from lambeq.core.types import AtomicType
 from lambeq.core.utils import SentenceType, tokenised_sentence_type_check
 from lambeq.text2diagram.base import Reader
+from lambeq.text2diagram.linear_reader import LinearReader
 
 S = AtomicType.SENTENCE
 
@@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ def sentence2diagram(self,
 
 spiders_reader = SpidersReader()
 bag_of_words_reader = spiders_reader
+spider_chain_reader = LinearReader(Spider(AtomicType.SENTENCE, 2, 1))