[CS3 JS WIN] Get XML Element of paragraph?

Im trying to get the xml element of a selected paragraph. ie: <item> <text> <code> This is some code </code> <--this is selected in indesign </text> </item> When I try to use associatedXMLElements[0].xmlElements - it returns all different elements(item,text,code,etc) how do I get it to return the immediate XML Element?

Well what I'm doing is selecting a textframe and then looping through the paragraphs, passing them to the procXML function which is when I try to get the xml element.
The forums ate my structure:
[item]
[text]
[code]This is some code[/code]
[/text]
[/item]

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Error While trying to Get XML element(tag) Values

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Error in evaluate <from> expression at line "130". The result is empty for the XPath expression : "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName".
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I am sure and can see the data in audit trail.
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[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
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[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
Error in evaluate <from> expression at line "130". The result is empty for the XPath expression : "/client:TririgaProcessResponse/client:User/client:LastName".
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[2006/12/12 09:17:36]
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Getting XML Elements

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