Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose sole it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ступнќ детљй загрубљли от ходьбІ босикћм. The soles of the children's feet became calloused from walking barefoot.
Пћсле прогџлки по каменќстому бљрегу ступнќ её горљли. The soles of her feet ached after walking along the rocky beach.
NB When the word ступнї functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction ступнї у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Ступнќ у детљй загрубљли от ходьбІ босикћм. The soles of the children's feet became calloused from walking barefoot.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of ногђ
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of ногђ
лљвая/прђвая ступнї the sole of the left/right foot
Лљвая ступнї у неё потрљскалась. The sole of her left foot was cracked.
ступнї лљвой/прђвой ногќ the sole of the left/right foot
ступнї на лљвой/прђвой ногљ the sole of the left/right foot