parsing markdown with html tables that have 'spanning rows' - otherwise not possible with plain markdown

app.js

const tableMarkdown = `

# Table

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>One</td>
    <td>Two</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2">Three</td>
  </tr>
</table>

and this should be just plain old text

> but this should be a blockquote

** and this should be bold **

* and this should be italic *

# and this should be a heading

[and this should be a link](https://www.google.com)

and this should be a list

- one
- two
- three

and this should be a numbered list

1. one
2. two
3. three



`

marked = require('marked')

marked.parse(tableMarkdown)

// output

marked.setOptions({
    pedantic: false,
    gfm: true,
    breaks: false,
    sanitize: false,
    smartypants: false,
    xhtml: false
  });
  



const html = marked.parse(tableMarkdown)

console.log(html)

output.html

<h1 id="table">Table</h1>
<table>
  <tr>
    <td>One</td>
    <td>Two</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2">Three</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<p>and this should be just plain old text</p>
<blockquote>
<p>but this should be a blockquote</p>
</blockquote>
<p>** and this should be bold **</p>
<ul>
<li>and this should be italic *</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="and-this-should-be-a-heading">and this should be a heading</h1>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com">and this should be a link</a></p>
<p>and this should be a list</p>
<ul>
<li>one</li>
<li>two</li>
<li>three</li>
</ul>
<p>and this should be a numbered list</p>
<ol>
<li>one</li>
<li>two</li>
<li>three</li>
</ol>