Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose smile it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
ОткрІтая улІбка дљвушки егћ покорќла. The girl's open smile won his heart.
Пћсле ітих слћв егћ улІбка исчљзла. His smile disappeared after he heard those words.
NB When the word улІбка functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction улІбка у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
УлІбка у дљвушки былђ открІтая и дћбрая. The girl's smile was open and kind.