Can I use applescript to export PDF search results from "preview"?

My question is about "Preview". I have a very large PDF document that I am using preview to view. After doing a search for a specific word, preview has returned 1200 results. The results panel shows the page number the result is found on and the line of text on which the searched-for-word is found.
My question is this: Is there a way to export this information from preview to something like an excel file? The end result would look like a table with two columns. One with the page numbers and one with the line of text in which the word appears.
Is this something that can be done with applescript? I don't know if the system even stores that kind of information... /sigh. Any help is appreciated.

Using Preview.app, I have done a search for the word “AppleScript” in the PDF version of the AppleScript Language Guide. Then, I have used the following script to retrieve the information displayed in the results panel.
tell application "Preview" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Preview"
return value of text field 1 of rows of outline 1 of scroll area 2 of splitter group 1 of window 1
end tell
--> {missing value, "AppleScript Language Guide (Page 1)", "AppleScript Language Guide (Page 1)", "Contents (Page 4)", "Contents (Page 4)", "Contents (Page 9)", "Figures, Tables, and Listings (Page 11)", "Figures, Tables, and Listings (Page 11)", "Introduction (Page 14)", "Introduction (Page 14)", "Introduction (Page 15)", "Introduction (Page 16)", "AppleScript Lexical Conventions", "Identifiers", "Keywords", "Literals and Constants", "Record", "Variables", "Statements", "Raw Codes", "AppleScript Fundamentals", "Script Editor Application", "What Is in a Script Object", "Properties", "What Is in an Object Specifier", "Absolute and Relative Object Specifiers", "Object Specifiers in Reference Objects", "Coercion (Object Conversion) (Page 32)", "Coercion (Object Conversion) (Page 32)", "Scripting Additions", "Types of Commands", "Parameters That Specify Locations", "AppleScript Constant", "text item delimiters", "version", "true, false Constants", "The it and me Keywords", "Specifying Paths", "Working With Files", "eppc-Style Specifiers", "Debugging AppleScript Scripts", "Third Party Debuggers", "Defining Properties", "Local Variables", "Using the copy and set Commands", "Scope of Variables and Properties", "Scope of Properties and Variables Declared in a Script Object (Page 54)", "Scope of Properties and Variables Declared in a Script Object (Page 54)", "Scope of Properties and Variables Declared in a Script Object (Page 55)", "Scope of Variables Declared in a Handler", "Script Objects", "Defining Script Objects", "Initializing Script Objects", "Inheritance in Script Objects", "Defining Inheritance Through the parent Property", "Using the continue Statement in Script Objects (Page 63)", "Using the continue Statement in Script Objects (Page 63)", "Defining a Simple Handler", "Handlers with Labeled Parameters", "Handlers with Patterned Positional Parameters", "Recursive Handlers", "Calling Handlers in a tell Statement", "Saving and Loading Libraries of Handlers", "idle Handlers", "Calling a Script Application From a Script", "alias", "application (Page 80)", "application (Page 80)", "boolean (Page 83)", "boolean (Page 83)", "class", "constant", "date (Page 87)", "date (Page 88)", "integer", "list (Page 91)", "list (Page 91)", "real", "record (Page 95)", "record (Page 95)", "script", "text (Page 98)", "text (Page 99)", "text (Page 100)", "text (Page 101)", "text (Page 102)", "unit types", "Commands Reference (Page 107)", "Commands Reference (Page 107)", "activate", "ASCII number", "copy", "count", "display dialog (Page 127)", "display dialog (Page 127)", "do shell script", "get", "get eof", "launch", "open for access", "path to (application)", "run", "run script", "say", "set (Page 155)", "set (Page 155)", "summarize", "system info", "write", "Arbitrary", "Filter (Page 169)", "Filter (Page 169)", "ID", "Index", "Middle", "Operators Reference (Page 179)", "Operators Reference (Page 181)", "Operators Reference (Page 181)", "Operators Reference (Page 182)", "Operators Reference (Page 183)", "Operators Reference (Page 184)", "Operators Reference (Page 185)", "Operators Reference (Page 186)", "text (Page 102)", "Examples", "date (Page 87)", "considering / ignoring (text comparison) (Page 194)", "considering / ignoring (text comparison) (Page 194)", "considering / ignoring (application responses)", "error Statements", "error", "if (compound)", "exit", "repeat (forever)", "repeat until", "repeat while", "repeat with loopVariable (from startValue to stopValue)", "repeat with loopVariable (in list)", "tell Statements", "tell (compound)", "try (Page 208)", "try (Page 208)", "using terms from Statements", "with timeout", "with transaction", "continue", "return", "Handler Syntax (Labeled Parameters)", "Calling a Handler with Labeled Parameters (Page 217)", "Calling a Handler with Labeled Parameters (Page 217)", "Handler Syntax (Positional Parameters)", "Folder Actions Reference", "adding folder items to", "closing folder window for", "opening folder", "removing folder items from", "Appendix A: AppleScript Keywords (Page 227)", "Appendix A: AppleScript Keywords (Page 228)", "Appendix A: AppleScript Keywords (Page 229)", "Appendix A: AppleScript Keywords (Page 231)", "Appendix A: AppleScript Keywords (Page 231)", "Appendix A: AppleScript Keywords (Page 232)", "AppleScript Errors", "Operating System Errors", "Catching Errors in a Handler (Page 238)", "Catching Errors in a Handler (Page 238)", "Simplified Error Checking", "When a Dictionary Is Not Available", "Entering Script Information in Raw Format", "List of Unsupported Terms", "Glossary (Page 245)", "Glossary (Page 246)", "Glossary (Page 247)", "Glossary (Page 249)", "Glossary (Page 249)", "Glossary (Page 250)", "Revision History", "Symbols", "B (Page 254)", "B (Page 254)", "G", "I", "M", "R", "S"}
Many items don't have any page number. Is that what you are asking for?

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