People at a dock receiving and shipping out merchandise near a nice big white boat.
People at a dock are near a boat.
People are at a dock near a boat is written literally in both sentences
exists e1 s1 s2 s3 s4 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7.(a_topic(x1) & at(x1,x2) & subset_of(e1,x2) & a_out(s4) & Manner(e1,s4) & Theme(e1,x6) & Actor(e1,x5) & v_ship(e1) & near(x6,x7) & n_boat(x7) & a_white(s3) & Theme(s3,x7) & a_big(s2) & Theme(s2,x7) & a_nice(s1) & Theme(s1,x7) & n_merchandise(x6) & n_thing(x5) & subset_of(x3,x2) & n_receiving(x3) & of(x3,x4) & n_dock(x4) & n_people(x1))
exists p1 x1 x2.(exists x3.(near(x1,x3) & n_boat(x3)) & at(x1,x2) & n_dock(x2) & n_people(x1))