code: def _get_root(path: str) -> Any:
      """Get the parent dict (node) of a given path from the global config nested dict.
  
      Args:
          path (str): The "dot-style" path to the configuration item, e.g. 'backends.viz'
  
      Raises:
          ValueError: Configuration item doesn't exist.
  
      Returns:
          The parent dict, to be used to access the configuration item or section
      """
      pathlist = path.split(".")
      root: Dict = _global_config
  
      try:
          for p in pathlist[:-1]:
              root = root[p]
          return root, pathlist[-1]
      except KeyError as e:
          raise ValueError("Option does not exist") from e
  
file_path: data-describe/data_describe/config/_config.py
imports: import contextlib
  import copy
  from typing import Any, Dict
  import pandas
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _get_root(path) and returns: root,  pathlist