Introducing Parser Object Methods
use XML::Parser;

$xml = "<z>\n<a>one two</a>\n<b>three <b1>four</b1></b>\n</z>";

$p = new XML::Parser(Handlers => { Char => \&Text });
$p->parse($xml);

sub Text 
{
    my $expat = shift; my $text = shift;

    if ($text =~ /one/) {
        my $l = $expat->current_line;
        print "'one' is on line $l\n";
    }
    if ($text =~ /three/) {
        my $e = $expat->current_element;
        print "'three' is in the element <$e>\n";
    }
    if ($text =~ /four/) {
        my $ancestor;
        print "element stack enclosing 'four': ";
        foreach $ancestor ($expat->context) { print "<$ancestor> "; }
        print "\n";
    }
}
'one' is on line 2
'three' is in the element <b>
element stack enclosing 'four': <z> <b> <b1> 
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