reply vs rheme

reply

noun
  • A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. 

  • Something given in reply. 

  • A counterattack. 

  • A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. 

  • The answer of a figure. 

verb
  • To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. 

  • To act or gesture in response. 

  • To repeat something back; to echo. 

rheme

noun
  • The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme. 

  • A sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark; sumisign. 

How often have the words reply and rheme occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )