Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose back it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Пояснќца бђбушки былђ всегдђ обмћтана платкћм. Grandma always had a shawl wrapped around the small of her back.
Пояснќца её сќльно нІла. Her lower back ached badly.
NB When the word пояснќца functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction пояснќца у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Пояснќца у бђбушки былђ всегдђ обмћтана платкћм. Grandma always had a shawl wrapped around the small of her back.