code: def _parse_xml(xml_file):
      """Parse XML file."""
      defusedxml = _soft_import("defusedxml", "reading EGI MFF data")
      xml = defusedxml.ElementTree.parse(xml_file)
      root = xml.getroot()
      return _xml2list(root)
  
file_path: mne-python/mne/io/egi/events.py
imports: from datetime import datetime
  from glob import glob
  from os.path import basename, join, splitext
  import numpy
  from ...utils import _soft_import, logger
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: _parse_xml(xml_file) and returns: _xml2list