Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose mouth it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ему нравился большой рот Наташи. He liked Natasha's large mouth.
Уголки её рта горестно опущены. The corners of her mouth were turned down in sorrow.
NB When the word рот functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction рот у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b):
Рот у Наташи большой. Natasha has a large mouth.