A group of people hold on to a long skinny object.
No one is holding on to an object
People are holding the object in the first sentence, in the second no one is holding it (it must be on an inanimate object).
exists e1 s1 s2 x1 x2 x3 x4.(to(e1,x3) & n_object(x3) & of(x3,x4) & n_skinny(x4) & a_long(s2) & Theme(s2,x3) & a_on(s1) & Manner(e1,s1) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_hold(e1) & of(x1,x2) & n_people(x2) & n_group(x1))
-exists e1 s1 x1 x2.(a_on(s1) & Manner(e1,s1) & to(e1,x2) & n_object(x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_hold(e1) & n_one(x1))