def _take_values(self, item: Node) -> DictBasicType:
        """Takes snapshot of the object and replaces _parent property value on None to avoid
        infitinite recursion in GPflow tree traversing.

        :param item: GPflow node object.
        :return: dictionary snapshot of the node object."""

        values = super()._take_values(item)
        values['_parent'] = None
        return values