A boy tries to catch a ball while jumping into a pool.
The boy barely missed the ball.
Barely missed the ball is a rephrasing of tries to catch the ball.
exists e1 p1 x1.(Topic(e1,p1) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_try(e1) & exists e2 e3 x2 x3.(while(e2,e3) & into(e3,x3) & n_pool(x3) & Actor(e3,x1) & v_jump(e3) & Theme(e2,x2) & Actor(e2,x1) & v_catch(e2) & n_ball(x2)) & n_boy(x1))
exists e1 s1 x1 x2.(n_ball(x2) & n_boy(x1) & a_barely(s1) & Manner(e1,s1) & Theme(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_miss(e1))