Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose heart it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Сљрдце Мђши сќльно забќлось. Masha's heart pounded.
Ћн не жалљет своё сљрдце. He doesn't take care of his heart.
NB When the word сљрдце functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction сљрдце у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Сљрдце у Мђши сќльно забќлось. Masha's heart pounded.