 Address your remarks to the chair  illustrates metonymy, a figure of speech in which something is called by the name of something else associated with it.
( ( ( ( ( Address ( your remarks ) ) ( to ( the chair ) ) ) illustrates ) ( ( metonymy , ) ( ( ( a figure ) ( of speech ) ) ( ( in which ) ( something ( is ( called ( by ( ( the name ) ( of ( ( something else ) ( associated ( with it ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (SINV (VP (VBG Address) (NP (PRP$ your) (NNS remarks)) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT the) (NN chair)))) (VP (VBZ illustrates)) (NP (NP (NN metonymy)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN figure)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN speech))) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (NN something)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN name)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN something) (RB else)) (VP (VBN associated) (PP (IN with) (NP (PRP it)))))))))))))) (. .)))
All speech is ment to be understood literally as it is spoken.
( ( All speech ) ( ( is ( ment ( to ( be ( ( understood literally ) ( as ( it ( is spoken ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT All) (NN speech)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ ment) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN understood) (ADVP (RB literally)) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN spoken))))))))))) (. .)))