Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose shoulder it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ћн положќл рџку на плечћ сІна. He put his hand on his son's shoulder.
Егћ плљчи бІли чёрные от загђра. His shoulders were brown from the sun.
NB When the word плечћ functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction плечћ у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Плљчи у негћ бІли чёрные от загђра. His shoulders were brown from the sun.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвое/прђвое плечћ the left/right shoulder
Лљвое плечћ у негћ бІло поцарђпано. His left shoulder was scratched.