def get_previous_sibling(self):
    opts = self._meta
    if self.is_root_node():
        filters = {
            '%s__isnull' % opts.parent_attr: True,
            '%s__lt' % opts.tree_id_attr: getattr(self, opts.tree_id_attr),
        }
        order_by = '-%s' % opts.tree_id_attr
    else:
        filters = {
             opts.parent_attr: getattr(self, '%s_id' % opts.parent_attr),
            '%s__lt' % opts.right_attr: getattr(self, opts.left_attr),
        }
        order_by = '-%s' % opts.right_attr

    sibling = None
    try:
        sibling = self._tree_manager.filter(**filters).order_by(order_by)[0]
    except IndexError:
        pass
    return sibling
Returns this model instance's previous sibling in the tree, or
dataset/ETHPy150Open agiliq/django-socialnews/socialnews/mptt/models.py/get_previous_sibling