[Python] python lxml and getting a table from word document

I'm working on pulling some information from word document. I have multiple tables in it and i want to get 1 specific table that does not have any specific location in the document that could be referred by specific [x] identifier. What i need to do is to search for it.

If I do:

import lxml.etree
root = lxml.etree.parse("document.xml")
element=root.xpath(".//*[contains(text(), 'some_searched_text')]")


Which finds me a data within a document, but I get only 1 element within element variable and i cannot access other elements in that table where that text is located. I need to extract that other text from table when some_searched_text is located. How to get parent element that i can browse? How to get xpath from location that element variable that I can work with?

e.g.,

<w:tbl>
<w:tblPr>
...
</w:tblPr>
<w:tblGrid>
...
</w:tblGrid>
<w:tr w:rsidR="0042513B" w14araId="390A7EAC" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidTr="0042513B">
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="4698" w:type="dxa"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w w14araId="4A577133" w14:textId="41AF034D" w:rsidR="0042513B" w:rsidRDefault="0042513B" w:rsidP="0042513B">
<wroofErr w:type="spellStart"/>
<w:r>
<w:t>categories</w:t>
</w:r>
<wroofErr w:type="spellEnd"/>
</w>
</w:tc>
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="4698" w:type="dxa"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w w14araId="179E9017" w14:textId="479091DC" w:rsidR="0042513B" w:rsidRDefault="0042513B" w:rsidP="0042513B">
<wroofErr w:type="spellStart"/>
<w:r>
<w:t>Opis</w:t>
</w:r>
<wroofErr w:type="spellEnd"/>
</w>
</w:tc>
</w:tr>
<w:tr w:rsidR="0042513B" w14araId="3F2BE8B0" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidTr="0042513B">
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="4698" w:type="dxa"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w w14araId="62AA6ECA" w14:textId="5CF66E6C" w:rsidR="0042513B" w:rsidRDefault="0042513B" w:rsidP="0042513B">
<wroofErr w:type="spellStart"/>
<w:r>
<w:t>Jakis</w:t>
</w:r>
<wroofErr w:type="spellEnd"/>
<w:r>
<w:t xml:space="preserve"> </w:t>
</w:r>
<wroofErr w:type="spellStart"/>
<w:r>
<w:t>sobie</w:t>
</w:r>
<wroofErr w:type="spellEnd"/>
<w:r>
<w:t xml:space="preserve"> </w:t>
</w:r>
<wroofErr w:type="spellStart"/>
<w:r>
<w:t>description of my tasks</w:t>
</w:r>
<wroofErr w:type="spellEnd"/>
</w>
</w:tc>
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="4698" w:type="dxa"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w w14araId="3F692136" w14:textId="440E2FD5" w:rsidR="0042513B" w:rsidRDefault="0042513B" w:rsidP="0042513B">
<w:r>
<w:t>some_searched_text</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
<w:br/>
<w:t>some random text and description that i want to extract from this table</w:t>
</w:r>
</w>
</w:tc>
</w:tr>
<w:tr w:rsidR="0042513B" w14araId="6CCF2C45" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidTr="0042513B">
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="4698" w:type="dxa"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w w14araId="128A7A23" w14:textId="4C1B124E" w:rsidR="0042513B" w:rsidRDefault="0042513B" w:rsidP="0042513B">
<w:r>
<w:t>this is the other text that I want to pull out</w:t>
</w:r>
</w>
</w:tc>
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="4698" w:type="dxa"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w w14araId="657C4E27" w14:textId="38BF07A2" w:rsidR="0042513B" w:rsidRDefault="0042513B" w:rsidP="0042513B">
<w:r>
<w:t>KAT1</w:t>
</w:r>
</w>
</w:tc>
</w:tr>
</w:tbl>


How to get based on that search this /w:tbl element that i can iterate? Again this can be anywhere in the word document so position will change and i need to search for some relative position based on text that is always there.

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