It seems to work fine for me... maybe try with a fresh venv?
>>> from llama_index.node_parser import SimpleNodeParser
>>> from llama_index import Document
>>> parser = SimpleNodeParser.from_defaults(chunk_size=300, include_extra_info=False, include_prev_next_rel=False)
>>> nodes = parser.get_nodes_from_documents([Document("hello world")])
>>> nodes
[Node(text='hello world', doc_id='19e9c1ed-ff54-4f64-871a-494409c3afdb', embedding=None, doc_hash='fa7e170768add0c94a32db49b036276a3181ce802ae79d0217cdda3314e11cac', extra_info=None, node_info={'start': 0, 'end': 11, '_node_type': <NodeType.TEXT: '1'>}, relationships={<DocumentRelationship.SOURCE: '1'>: 'a54c33e8-1742-47cc-b3e6-881b825d3388'})]
>>>