code: def _element_path_create_new(element_path):
      # type: (Text) -> Tuple[ET.Element, ET.Element]
      
      element_names = element_path.split('/')
  
      start_element = ET.Element(element_names[0])
      end_element = _element_append_path(start_element, element_names[1:])
  
      return start_element, end_element
docs: Create an entirely new element path.
  
      Return a tuple where the first item is the first element in the path, and the second item is
      the final element in the path.