SQL Server和generatd xml with xml auto，elements

I'm working on an app that takes data from our DB and outputs an xml file using the FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS on the end of the generated query, followed by an XSLT to transform it the way we want. However in a particular case where we are generating some data using an sql scalar function, it always puts that element into a sub-table node named the same as the table node it's already in (so say it's a table xyz, it'd be I'm working on an app that takes data from our