--- title: Grace Darling. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: Grace Darling., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: It was a dark Sep-tem-ber morning. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/) / Grace Darling. # Grace Darling. Grace Darling. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 38 sentences and 591 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/1/) — It was a dark Sep-tem-ber morning. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/2/) — There was a storm at sea. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/3/) — A ship had been driven on a low rock off the shores of the Farne Islands. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/4/) — It had been broken in two by the waves, and half of it had been washed away. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/5/) — The other half lay yet on the rock, and those of the crew who were still alive were cling-ing to it. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/6/) — But the waves were dashing over it, and in a little while it too would be carried to the bottom. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/7/) — Could any one save the poor, half-drowned men who were there? - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/8/) — On one of the islands was a light-house; and there, all through that stormy night, Grace Darling had listened to the storm. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/9/) — Grace was the daughter of the light-house keeper, and she had lived by the sea as long as she could re-mem-ber. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/10/) — In the darkness of the night, above the noise of the winds and waves, she heard screams and wild cries. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/11/) — When day-light came, she could see the wreck, a mile away, with the angry waters all around it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/12/) — She could see the men clinging to the masts. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/13/) — "We must try to save them!" she cried. " - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/14/) — Let us go out in the boat at once!" - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/15/) — "It is of no use, Grace," said her father. " - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/16/) — We cannot reach them." - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/17/) — He was an old man, and he knew the force of the mighty waves. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/18/) — "We cannot stay here and see them die," said Grace. " - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/19/) — We must at least try to save them." - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/20/) — Her father could not say, "No." - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/21/) — In a few minutes they were ready. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/22/) — They set off in the heavy lighthouse boat. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/23/) — Grace pulled one oar, and her father the other, and they made straight toward the wreck. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/24/) — But it was hard rowing against such a sea, and it seemed as though they would never reach the place. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/25/) — At last they were close to the rock, and now they were in greater danger than before. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/26/) — The fierce waves broke against the boat, and it would have been dashed in pieces, had it not been for the strength and skill of the brave girl. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/27/) — But after many trials, Grace's father climbed upon the wreck, while Grace herself held the boat. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/28/) — Then one by one the worn-out crew were helped on board. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/29/) — It was all that the girl could do to keep the frail boat from being drifted away, or broken upon the sharp edges of the rock. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/30/) — Then her father clam-bered back into his place. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/31/) — Strong hands grasped the oars, and by and by all were safe in the lighthouse. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/32/) — There Grace proved to be no less tender as a nurse than she had been brave as a sailor. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/33/) — She cared most kindly for the ship-wrecked men until the storm had died away and they were strong enough to go to their own homes. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/34/) — All this happened a long time ago, but the name of Grace Darling will never be forgotten. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/35/) — She lies buried now in a little church-yard by the sea, not far from her old home. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/36/) — Every year many people go there to see her grave; and there a mon-u-ment has been placed in honor of the brave girl. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/37/) — It is not a large mon-u-ment, but it is one that speaks of the noble deed which made Grace Darling famous. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/22/38/) — It is a figure carved in stone of a woman lying at rest, with a boat's oar held fast in her right hand. - ← previous: [George Washington and His Hatchet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/21/) - next →: [The Story of William Tell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/23/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)