( ( The ( factory ship ) ) ( ( was ( forced ( to ( starboard ( ( in order ) ( to ( avoid ( the ( floating activist ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN factory) (NN ship)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN forced) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB starboard) (SBAR (IN in) (NN order) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB avoid) (NP (DT the) (VBG floating) (NN activist))))))))))) (. .)))
The factory ship was forced to starboard in order to avoid the floating activist.
(ROOT (S (SBAR (IN If) (S (NP (DT the) (JJ buoyant) (NN force)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (ADJP (JJR greater)) (PP (IN than) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN force)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN gravity)))))) (S (VP (VBG acting) (PP (IN on) (NP (DT a) (NN ship)))))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD will) (VP (VB float))) (. .)))
If the buoyant force is greater than the force of gravity acting on a ship, it will float.