JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<div class="row">
</div>
<div>
<div>
<span>
<i>
Hello Selector
</i>
</span>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
$(function(){
var text = $(".row")..next().find("div span li").text();
console.log(text);
});