It's a nice implementation, although the game lacks many of the synonyms that Zork has:
$ java -cp . Zork sampleGame.xml
You find yourself at the mouth of a cave and decide that in spite of common sense and any sense of self preservation that you're going to go exploring north into it. It's a little dark, but luckily there are some torches on the wall.
get torch
Error
take torch
Item torch added to inventory.
look torch
Error
examine torch
Error
eat torch
Error
north
Error
n
A huge cavern surrounds you with a locked door to the north, a chest in the center, and a very dark corner...
i
Inventory: torch
inventory
Error
look
Error
It's a nice implementation, although the game lacks many of the synonyms that Zork has: