diff --git a/unified/extractor/src/languages/swift/swift.rs b/unified/extractor/src/languages/swift/swift.rs
index 21a8c5009bb3..9f40c0a97d57 100644
--- a/unified/extractor/src/languages/swift/swift.rs
+++ b/unified/extractor/src/languages/swift/swift.rs
@@ -279,14 +279,22 @@ fn translation_rules() -> Vec<Rule<SwiftContext>> {
         rule!((sequenceExpr elements: _* @els) => (unresolved_operator_sequence element: {els})),
         // Prefix unary operators (`!a`, `-x`).
         rule!((prefixOperatorExpr operator: @op expression: @operand) => (unary_expr operator: (prefix_operator #{op}) operand: {operand})),
-        // A `tupleExpr` is a tuple literal (`(a, b)`) or a parenthesised
-        // expression (`(x)`). For now it is kept as an opaque `tuple_expr` leaf
-        // (its source text); its elements are not descended into.
-        //
-        // TODO: a parenthesised single-element `tupleExpr` is really a grouping
-        // expression and should be elided (unwrapped to its inner expression)
-        // rather than modelled as a tuple.
-        rule!((tupleExpr) => (tuple_expr)),
+        // A single-element `tupleExpr` is a parenthesised expression, so elide
+        // the grouping rather than modelling it as a tuple.
+        rule!(
+            (tupleExpr
+                elements: (labeledExpr
+                    label: _? @label
+                    expression: @e
+                    trailingComma: _? @trailing_comma)
+                elements: _* @rest)
+            where label.is_none() && trailing_comma.is_none() && rest.is_empty()
+            =>
+            expr { e }
+        ),
+        // Other `tupleExpr` forms are tuple literals. Their labelled
+        // expressions translate to `argument`s.
+        rule!((tupleExpr elements: _* @els) => (tuple_expr element: {els})),
         // A code block contains its statements directly.
         rule!((codeBlock statements: _* @stmts) => (block stmt: {stmts})),
         // ---- Properties with accessors ----
diff --git a/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/collections/tuple-literal.output b/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/collections/tuple-literal.output
index 5d7742f744bc..4a8a54078d9c 100644
--- a/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/collections/tuple-literal.output
+++ b/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/collections/tuple-literal.output
@@ -52,4 +52,12 @@ top_level
         variable_declaration
           modifier: modifier "let"
           pattern: identifier "t"
-          value: tuple_expr "(1, \"two\", 3.0)"
+          value:
+            tuple_expr
+              element:
+                argument
+                  value: int_literal "1"
+                argument
+                  value: string_literal "\"two\""
+                argument
+                  value: float_literal "3.0"
diff --git a/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/control-flow/switch-expression-pattern.output b/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/control-flow/switch-expression-pattern.output
index 0a4fe7302b05..533f717b827e 100644
--- a/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/control-flow/switch-expression-pattern.output
+++ b/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/control-flow/switch-expression-pattern.output
@@ -333,7 +333,12 @@ top_level
                     member_access_expr
                       base: inferred_type_expr "."
                       member_name_node: identifier "inferred"
-                    tuple_expr "(value, offset)"
+                    tuple_expr
+                      element:
+                        argument
+                          value: identifier "value"
+                        argument
+                          value: identifier "offset"
                     array_literal
                       element: identifier "value"
                     map_literal "[key: value]"
diff --git a/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/operators/parenthesised-expression.output b/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/operators/parenthesised-expression.output
index 1c8de726f41a..33bb1599ff1a 100644
--- a/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/operators/parenthesised-expression.output
+++ b/unified/extractor/tests/corpus/swift/operators/parenthesised-expression.output
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ top_level
     block
       stmt:
         binary_expr
-          left: tuple_expr "(a + b)"
+          left:
+            binary_expr
+              left: identifier "a"
+              operator: infix_operator "+"
+              right: identifier "b"
           operator: infix_operator "*"
           right: identifier "c"