JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul id="myList">
<li>Example item one</li>
<li>Example item two</li>
<li>Example item three</li>
<li>Example item four</li>
<li>Example item five</li>
</ul>
<ul id="myList2">
<li>Example item one</li>
<li>Example item two</li>
<li>Example item three</li>
<li>Example item four</li>
<li>Example item five</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
let myLists = document.getElementsByTagName('ul'),
myListItems = document.getElementsByTagName('li');
console.log( myLists.namedItem('myList').tagName );
// "UL"
console.log( myListItems.item(2).innerText );
// "Example item three"