@ensure_tag(['<STR_LIT>'])<EOL>def get_v_merge(tc):
if tc is None:<EOL><INDENT>return None<EOL><DEDENT>v_merges = tc.xpath('<STR_LIT>', namespaces=tc.nsmap)<EOL>if len(v_merges) != <NUM_LIT:1>:<EOL><INDENT>return None<EOL><DEDENT>v_merge = v_merges[<NUM_LIT:0>]<EOL>return v_merge<EOL>
vMerge is what docx uses to denote that a table cell is part of a rowspan.
The first cell to have a vMerge is the start of the rowspan, and the vMerge
will be denoted with 'restart'. If it is anything other than restart then
it is a continuation of another rowspan.