English (and presumably other human languages as well) has a lot of opinion pent up in it. Say someone came to my house and then left with a table. Depending on the details, they could have stolen it, they could have bought it, they could be a friend who's borrowing it, it could be a gift to a friend. (There's a ton more possibilities to consider if you're creative.)

Formulas are great at the level of expressing that a table was moved, which is the important piece for some.

That it misses the human element of the feelings surrounding the event is a different kind of eloquence from flowery prose to entertain.