1. No the function is not called by this statement. Functions are first class objects in JavaScript so references to them can be passed around. Here, the actionCall property is being assigned as a reference to the function.
2. tbody sounds like it's a reference to a tbody element, so this is simply traversing the DOM tree. (Would be lots and lots easier using jQuery.)
Start with a tbody element
first child of the tbody would be the first tr element
last child of the tr would be the last cell [td or th]of the table
first child of the cell would be the first element in it.
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