 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)))))))))))))) (. .)))
The use of metonymy is common in the English language.
( ( ( The use ) ( of metonymy ) ) ( ( is ( common ( in ( the ( English language ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN use)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN metonymy)))) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ common) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ English) (NN language))))) (. .)))