JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<span> hello this is test <span>click here</span></span>
JavaScript
var childContent = document.querySelectorAll("span>span")[0].textContent;
var parentContent = "";
var allSpans = document.querySelectorAll("span");
allSpans = Array.prototype.slice.call(allSpans);
allSpans.forEach(function (spanEl) {
if (spanEl.textContent.replace(childContent,"").length>0) {
parentContent = spanEl.textContent.replace(childContent,"");
}
alert(parentContent);
});