diff --git a/Sources/Parsing/EventReader.swift b/Sources/Parsing/EventReader.swift
index 05d1aa8..62fd106 100644
--- a/Sources/Parsing/EventReader.swift
+++ b/Sources/Parsing/EventReader.swift
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
         var reachedEnd = false
         /// The problems found so far, when reading in recovering mode.
         var diagnostics: [Diagnostic] = []
+        /// The source position where the most recently produced event's node began,
+        /// so a pull cursor can report each node's line and column.
+        private(set) var eventStart: Mark = .start
 
         /// Creates a reader over a character-pulling source. The closure returns
         /// the next character or nil at end of input.
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
                 guard let lead = reader.peek() else {
                     return nil
                 }
+                eventStart = reader.mark
                 if reader.matches("<!--") {
                     return try scanComment()
                 }
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
             guard let lead = reader.peek() else {
                 throw ParseError.unexpectedEndOfInput(reader.mark)
             }
+            eventStart = reader.mark
             if reader.matches("</") { return try scanEndTag() }
             if reader.matches("<!--") { return try scanComment() }
             if reader.matches("<![CDATA[") { return try scanCDATA() }
diff --git a/Sources/Parsing/TextReader.swift b/Sources/Parsing/TextReader.swift
index 7298d90..1ac1091 100644
--- a/Sources/Parsing/TextReader.swift
+++ b/Sources/Parsing/TextReader.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
         case cdata
         case comment
         case processingInstruction
+        /// An attribute the cursor was moved onto with ``TextReader/moveToFirstAttribute()``
+        /// and friends. Never produced by ``TextReader/read()``.
+        case attribute
     }
 
     /// A pull cursor over an XML document (the libxml2 `xmlTextReader` model).
@@ -26,8 +29,21 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
     struct TextReader {
         private var events: EventReader
         private var lookahead: Event?
+        private var lookaheadStart: Mark = .start
         private var finished = false
         private var currentDepth = 0
+        /// The qualified name of the current element or attribute node, for the
+        /// namespace accessors; nil on a node that has no name.
+        private var currentName: PureXML.Model.QualifiedName?
+        /// The element the cursor last read, so ``moveToElement()`` can return to it.
+        private var elementName: PureXML.Model.QualifiedName?
+        /// The reported depth of that element, restored by ``moveToElement()``.
+        private var elementDepth = 0
+        /// The attribute index the cursor was moved onto, or nil when on the element.
+        private var attributeCursor: Int?
+        /// The in-scope `xml:lang` for each open element, innermost last.
+        private var langStack: [String?] = []
+        private var position: Mark = .start
 
         /// The kind of the current node, or ``ReaderNodeKind/none`` before the
         /// first read and after the end.
@@ -45,6 +61,35 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
         /// Whether the current node is a childless element reported as a single
         /// node (no matching end node follows).
         public private(set) var isEmptyElement = false
+        /// The in-scope `xml:lang` of the current node, inherited from ancestors
+        /// unless the current element overrides it; nil when none is declared.
+        public private(set) var xmlLang: String?
+
+        /// The resolved namespace URI of the current element or attribute, or nil
+        /// when it is in no namespace or the node has no name.
+        public var namespaceURI: String? {
+            currentName?.namespaceURI
+        }
+
+        /// The local part of the current element's or attribute's name.
+        public var localName: String {
+            currentName?.localName ?? name
+        }
+
+        /// The namespace prefix of the current element or attribute, if any.
+        public var prefix: String? {
+            currentName?.prefix
+        }
+
+        /// The one-based line where the current node begins.
+        public var lineNumber: Int {
+            position.line
+        }
+
+        /// The one-based column where the current node begins.
+        public var columnNumber: Int {
+            position.column
+        }
 
         public init(
             _ string: String,
@@ -73,12 +118,59 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
             attributes.first { $0.name.description == name }?.value
         }
 
+        /// Moves the cursor onto the current element's first attribute, exposing it
+        /// as an ``ReaderNodeKind/attribute`` node. Returns false when the element
+        /// has no attributes. ``moveToElement()`` returns to the element.
+        @discardableResult
+        public mutating func moveToFirstAttribute() -> Bool {
+            guard !attributes.isEmpty else { return false }
+            showAttribute(0)
+            return true
+        }
+
+        /// Moves the cursor onto the next attribute, returning false past the last.
+        @discardableResult
+        public mutating func moveToNextAttribute() -> Bool {
+            let next = (attributeCursor ?? -1) + 1
+            guard next < attributes.count else { return false }
+            showAttribute(next)
+            return true
+        }
+
+        /// Moves the cursor onto the named attribute, returning false when absent.
+        @discardableResult
+        public mutating func moveToAttribute(_ name: String) -> Bool {
+            guard let index = attributes.firstIndex(where: { $0.name.description == name }) else { return false }
+            showAttribute(index)
+            return true
+        }
+
+        /// Returns the cursor from an attribute node back to its element. Returns
+        /// false when the cursor is not on an attribute.
+        @discardableResult
+        public mutating func moveToElement() -> Bool {
+            guard attributeCursor != nil, let elementName else { return false }
+            attributeCursor = nil
+            currentName = elementName
+            set(.element, name: elementName.description, depth: elementDepth)
+            return true
+        }
+
+        private mutating func showAttribute(_ index: Int) {
+            attributeCursor = index
+            let attribute = attributes[index]
+            currentName = attribute.name
+            set(.attribute, name: attribute.name.description, value: attribute.value, depth: elementDepth + 1)
+        }
+
         /// Advances to the next node. Returns false at the end of the document.
         public mutating func read() throws -> Bool {
-            guard let event = try nextEvent() else {
+            attributeCursor = nil
+            guard let (event, start) = try nextEvent() else {
                 resetToEnd()
                 return false
             }
+            position = start
             apply(event)
             return true
         }
@@ -87,11 +179,16 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
             isEmptyElement = false
             attributes = []
             value = ""
+            currentName = nil
+            xmlLang = langStack.last ?? nil
             switch event {
             case let .startElement(name, attributes):
                 applyStartElement(name: name, attributes: attributes)
             case let .endElement(name):
                 currentDepth -= 1
+                if !langStack.isEmpty { langStack.removeLast() }
+                currentName = name
+                xmlLang = langStack.last ?? nil
                 set(.endElement, name: name.description, depth: currentDepth)
             case let .characters(text):
                 set(.text, name: "#text", value: text)
@@ -109,15 +206,25 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
             attributes: [PureXML.Model.Attribute],
         ) {
             self.attributes = attributes
+            currentName = name
+            elementName = name
+            elementDepth = currentDepth
+            xmlLang = Self.xmlLang(of: attributes) ?? (langStack.last ?? nil)
             if consumeMatchingEnd(of: name) {
                 isEmptyElement = true
                 set(.element, name: name.description, depth: currentDepth)
             } else {
+                langStack.append(xmlLang)
                 set(.element, name: name.description, depth: currentDepth)
                 currentDepth += 1
             }
         }
 
+        /// The value of an `xml:lang` attribute in `attributes`, if present.
+        private static func xmlLang(of attributes: [PureXML.Model.Attribute]) -> String? {
+            attributes.first { $0.name.localName == "lang" && $0.name.prefix == "xml" }?.value
+        }
+
         /// Consumes a buffered end-element event that immediately closes `name`,
         /// marking the start as an empty element.
         private mutating func consumeMatchingEnd(of name: PureXML.Model.QualifiedName) -> Bool {
@@ -140,21 +247,26 @@ public extension PureXML.Parsing {
             value = ""
             attributes = []
             isEmptyElement = false
+            currentName = nil
+            attributeCursor = nil
+            xmlLang = nil
         }
 
         private mutating func peekEvent() -> Event? {
             if lookahead == nil, !finished {
                 lookahead = try? events.next()
+                lookaheadStart = events.eventStart
             }
             return lookahead
         }
 
-        private mutating func nextEvent() throws -> Event? {
+        private mutating func nextEvent() throws -> (event: Event, start: Mark)? {
             if let buffered = lookahead {
                 lookahead = nil
-                return buffered
+                return (buffered, lookaheadStart)
             }
-            return try events.next()
+            guard let event = try events.next() else { return nil }
+            return (event, events.eventStart)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/TextReaderBreadthTests.swift b/Tests/TextReaderBreadthTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..072cc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/TextReaderBreadthTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+@testable import PureXML
+import Testing
+
+@Suite("TextReader breadth: attributes, namespaces, lang, position")
+struct TextReaderBreadthTests {
+    private func reader(_ xml: String) -> PureXML.Parsing.TextReader {
+        PureXML.reader(xml)
+    }
+
+    @Test("Attribute navigation walks each attribute and returns to the element")
+    func test_attributeNavigation() throws {
+        var cursor = reader("<a x=\"1\" y=\"2\"/>")
+        #expect(try cursor.read())
+        #expect(cursor.nodeKind == .element)
+        let toFirst = cursor.moveToFirstAttribute()
+        #expect(toFirst)
+        #expect(cursor.nodeKind == .attribute)
+        #expect(cursor.name == "x")
+        #expect(cursor.value == "1")
+        let toSecond = cursor.moveToNextAttribute()
+        #expect(toSecond)
+        #expect(cursor.name == "y")
+        #expect(cursor.value == "2")
+        let pastLast = cursor.moveToNextAttribute()
+        #expect(!pastLast)
+        let toElement = cursor.moveToElement()
+        #expect(toElement)
+        #expect(cursor.nodeKind == .element)
+        #expect(cursor.name == "a")
+    }
+
+    @Test("moveToAttribute selects by name")
+    func test_moveToAttributeByName() throws {
+        var cursor = reader("<a x=\"1\" y=\"2\"/>")
+        #expect(try cursor.read())
+        let found = cursor.moveToAttribute("y")
+        #expect(found)
+        #expect(cursor.value == "2")
+        let missing = cursor.moveToAttribute("z")
+        #expect(!missing)
+    }
+
+    @Test("namespaceURI, localName, and prefix are exposed on elements")
+    func test_namespaceAccessors() throws {
+        var cursor = reader("<x:a xmlns:x=\"urn:x\"><b/></x:a>")
+        #expect(try cursor.read())
+        #expect(cursor.nodeKind == .element)
+        #expect(cursor.namespaceURI == "urn:x")
+        #expect(cursor.localName == "a")
+        #expect(cursor.prefix == "x")
+        #expect(try cursor.read())
+        #expect(cursor.localName == "b")
+        #expect(cursor.namespaceURI == nil)
+    }
+
+    @Test("xml:lang is inherited by descendants and reset when it goes out of scope")
+    func test_xmlLang() throws {
+        var cursor = reader("<a xml:lang=\"en\"><b>hi</b></a><c/>")
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // <a>
+        #expect(cursor.xmlLang == "en")
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // <b>
+        #expect(cursor.xmlLang == "en")
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // text
+        #expect(cursor.xmlLang == "en")
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // </b>
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // </a>
+        #expect(cursor.xmlLang == nil)
+    }
+
+    @Test("A nested xml:lang overrides the inherited value")
+    func test_xmlLangOverride() throws {
+        var cursor = reader("<a xml:lang=\"en\"><b xml:lang=\"fr\"/></a>")
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // <a>
+        #expect(cursor.xmlLang == "en")
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // <b>
+        #expect(cursor.xmlLang == "fr")
+    }
+
+    @Test("Each node reports the line and column where it begins")
+    func test_position() throws {
+        var cursor = reader("<a>\n  <b/>\n</a>")
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // <a>
+        #expect(cursor.lineNumber == 1)
+        #expect(cursor.columnNumber == 1)
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // text "\n  "
+        #expect(try cursor.read()) // <b/>
+        #expect(cursor.nodeKind == .element)
+        #expect(cursor.name == "b")
+        #expect(cursor.lineNumber == 2)
+        #expect(cursor.columnNumber == 3)
+    }
+}