But my main object in choosing the passage was to illustrate the way in which Shakespeare could move from the literal to the metaphorical or metaphysical in his use of a legal term.
( But ( ( ( my ( main object ) ) ( in ( choosing ( the passage ) ) ) ) ( ( was ( to ( illustrate ( ( the way ) ( ( in which ) ( Shakespeare ( could ( ( move ( from ( ( the literal ) ( to ( the ( ( metaphorical or ) metaphysical ) ) ) ) ) ) ( in ( ( his use ) ( of ( a ( legal term ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (CC But) (NP (NP (PRP$ my) (JJ main) (NN object)) (PP (IN in) (S (VP (VBG choosing) (NP (DT the) (NN passage)))))) (VP (VBD was) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB illustrate) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN way)) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (NNP Shakespeare)) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB move) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN literal)) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT the) (JJ metaphorical) (CC or) (JJ metaphysical))))) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN use)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (JJ legal) (NN term)))))))))))))) (. .)))
Shakespeare is a timeless and magnificent writer. 
( Shakespeare ( ( is ( ( ( a timeless ) and ) ( magnificent writer ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Shakespeare)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (NNS timeless)) (CC and) (NP (JJ magnificent) (NN writer)))) (. .)))