The article explores how individuals realize subject/object functions within the framework of interpersonal relationships in the space of a literary text. The empirical basis for the study is A.P. Chekhov’s short story The Lady with the Dog.

The aim of the research is to identify the forms of interpersonal interaction represented in the story, to examine the genesis and ontogenesis of the characters’ personal relationships, and to analyze the dominant types of interpersonal relationships depicted in the text. The paper also focuses on how the characters perform subject-object functions within interpersonal interaction, as well as on the lexical and grammatical means used to express these functions. The study highlights the possible modification of types of connections, the redistribution and transformation of subject and object functions among participants in the course of communication, and even the combination of these functions within a single actant. The article also notes the significant impact of the emotive aspect on the level of interpersonal relationships between communicants..