Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose cheekbone it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Скџлы Николђя сќльно выступђли над ввалќвшимися щекђми. Nikolai's cheekbones jutted sharply out over his haggard cheeks.
Её прђвая скулђ былђ разбќта до крћви. Her right cheekbone was bruised and bloody.
NB When the word скулђ functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction скулђ у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Скџлы у Николђя сќльно выступђли над ввалќвшимися щекђми. Nikolai's cheekbones jutted sharply out over his haggard cheeks.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвая/прђвая скулђ the left/right cheekbone
Прђвая скулђ у неё былђ разбќта до крћви. Her right cheekbone was bruised and bloody.