import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
tree = ET.parse('smp.xml')
root = tree.getroot()

for text in root.iter('text'):
    print(text.attrib)

for text in root.iter('text'):
    print(text.text)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doc>
    <page index="0"/>
    <page index="1">
        <row>
            <column>
                <text>fibrous drupe</text>
            </column>
        </row>
        <row>
            <column>
                <text>follicle</text>
            </column>
            <column>
                <text>legume</text>
            </column>
        </row>
        <row>
            <column>
                <text>loment</text>
            </column>
            <column>
                <text>nut</text>
            </column>
            <column>
                <text>samara</text>
            </column>
        </row>
        <row>
            <column>
                <text>schizocarp</text>
            </column>
        </row>
    </page>
    <page index="2">
        <row>
            <column>
                <text>cypsela</text>
            </column>
        </row>
    </page>
    <page index="3"/>
</doc>

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doc>
    <page index="0"/>
    <page index="1">
        <row index="0">
            <column index="0">
                <text>fibrous drupe</text>
            </column>
        </row>
        <row index="1">
            <column index="0">
                <text>follicle</text>
            </column>
            <column index="1">
                <text>legume</text>
            </column>
        </row>
        <row index="2">
            <column index="0">
                <text>loment</text>
            </column>
            <column index="1">
                <text>nut</text>
            </column>
            <column index="2">
                <text>samara</text>
            </column>
        </row>
        <row index="3">
            <column index="0">
                <text>schizocarp</text>
            </column>
        </row>
    </page>
    <page index="2">
        <row index="0">
            <column index="0">
                <text>cypsela</text>
            </column>
        </row>
    </page>
    <page index="3"/>
</doc>