part-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: Go one's own way; move apart; leave.

Commentary:
NOTE: Use for separate entities pursuing individual paths.

Examples:
The friends parted after the party.
We parted company and never looked back.
My family parted for Florida.

Mappings:
VerbNet: separate-23.1-2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.

Commentary:
NOTE: A single entity becomes multiple entities.

Examples:
The couple parted after 25 years of marriage.
The company dissolved and the board parted and moved to different companies.

Mappings:
VerbNet: separate-23.1-2
FrameNet: Separating
PropBank: part.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: 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: separate-23.1-2
FrameNet: Separating
PropBank: part.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: 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: Separating
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: 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: NM
PropBank: part.01
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
part_with 1