Is there a way to get a scene tree from an orphaned node?

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Let's say I have an orphaned node, and I want to give it parents. Is there a way to do that from inside the orphaned node?

func foo():
    if !is_inside_tree():
            var root = get_tree().get_root() #get_tree returns null
            root.add_child(self)
Godot version 3.4.2
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You can get access to SceneTree from singleton if you have any. Just use get_tree method on singleton class. So if you have autoload for Provider node, you can call Provider.get_tree().get_root() inside your orphan to get access to root.

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