public double getSynsetDepth(String word, int senseno, String pos) {
    IIndexWord word1 = null;
    // get the WordNet words in *any* POS
    ArrayList<Integer> homehierarchies = null;
    // if(pos.equalsIgnoreCase("n"))
    // {
    try {
      word1 = dict.getIndexWord(word, POS.NOUN);
      homehierarchies = nounroots;
      System.out.println(word1.toString() + "||||");

      // }
      // if(pos.equalsIgnoreCase("v"))
      // {
      //	word1 = dict.getIndexWord(word, POS.VERB);
      //	homehierarchies	=	verbroots;
      // }
      // ...........................................................................................................................................
      IWordID word1ID = word1.getWordIDs().get(senseno - 1); // get the right sense of word 1
      ISynset synset1 = dict.getWord(word1ID).getSynset();
      // ...........................................................................................................................................
      // get a score
      TreeMap<Integer, HashSet<ISynsetID>> depths = new TreeMap<Integer, HashSet<ISynsetID>>();
      HashSet<ISynsetID> synsets = new HashSet<ISynsetID>();
      synsets.add(synset1.getID());
      treecreeper(0, synsets, depths, homehierarchies);
      if (depths.isEmpty()) {
        return (0.0); // i.e. is <root>, nothing 'above' it
      }
      return ((double) (depths.lastKey() + 2.0));

    } catch (Exception ex) {
    }

    return 0.0;
    // ??? node counting, so have to include start and end node
  }