Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose face it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Мнљ брћсилось в глазђ заплђканное лицћ Натђши. I was struck by the sight of Natasha's tear-stained face.
Лицћ её бІло заплђкано. Her face was stained with tears.
NB When the word лицћ functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction лицћ у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Лицћ у Натђши бІло заплђкано. Natasha's face was stained with tears.