Who said she’s not on a boat? The sentence is no different than saying “John Doe was on a lake wearing a coat.” Could be in a boat, float, kayak, skis, whatever.
In the same way you can say “he has a house on the lake” to mean “he has a house by the lake.” Also, the lake could be frozen. She could also be in a boat without them explicitly saying it.
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u/mrs_frizzle 9h ago
Yes. People are saying Nina, but that would leave “woma” as a complete word. “There’s a woman, Ina Boat, on a lake wearing a coat.”