Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose smile it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Открытая улыбка девушки его покорила. The girl's open smile won his heart.
После этих слов его улыбка исчезла. His smile disappeared after he heard those words.
NB When the word улыбка functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction улыбка у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Улыбка у девушки была открытая и добрая. The girl's smile was open and kind.