part-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: Go one's own way; move apart; Discontinue an association or relation

Commentary: INCLUDES: PART COMPANY Syntax Is: NP1 PART (PP)

Examples:
The friends parted after the party.
We parted company and never looked back.
The couple parted after 25 years of marriage.
The company dissolved and the board parted and moved to different companies.
My family parted for Florida.

Mappings:
VerbNet: separate-23.1-2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: part.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3

Sense Number 2: Force, take, or pull apart.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 [agent] PART NP2[patient]

Examples:
He parted the fighting children.
Moses parted the Red Sea.

Mappings:
VerbNet: braid-41.2.2,separate-23.1-2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 3: Come apart.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[inanimate] PART

Examples:
The two pieces that we had glued parted.
The two halves of the glacier parted and moved in different directions.

Mappings:
VerbNet: separate-23.1-2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 4: PART WITH: Give up what is not strictly needed, possibly to a recipient.

Commentary: IS: PART WITH Syntax Is: NP1 PART WITH NP2[patient]
NOTE: [patient] may also be abstract

Examples:
He asked if they could part with one of their horses to speed his
journey.
He parted with his fears of failure.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
part_with