fork-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: divide into 2 or more branches; form a fork

Examples:
The road forks in the woods.
She forked her fingers and went for his eyes.
Dan forked the project to create two different systems.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 2: pick up with a fork or pitchfork

Examples:
We forked hay all day long.
The worker forked the stuff around in the barge to level it.
I forked the potatoes into my mouth hungrily.

Mappings:
VerbNet: pocket-9.10
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: surrender someone/something to another

Commentary: Includes: FORK OVER, FORK UP, FORK OUT

Examples:
Her dad forked out thousands of dollars for her horseback riding lessons.
Fork over the money and no one gets hurt!
Google guys fork over pocket change to land at NASA airfield.
Britney was forced to fork up 1.4 million to K-Fed.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: fork.01,fork.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fork_over 1
fork_out 1
fork_up 1

Sense Number 4: place 2 enemy pieces under attack with one's own piece(s)

Examples:
When the pawn advanced to e2, it forked the knight and rook.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2