Its interpretation is based on the interrelation of two levels of text: deep and surface where the first is represented with the help of such coding-constant structure as an invariant, while the second expresses it differently using a row of the so called speech synonyms. The means which unite these levels within the limits of creating the reply as a component of the dramatic text is functional semantic dependence. It defines reply as a unit that does not depend on the art tense and space relations and separates it from the utterance which contrary to reply wholly depends on the artistic time and space relations.