Rowe was the first biographer to record the tradition, repeated by Johnson, that Shakespeare retired to Stratford 'some years before his death'.
1	Rowe	Rowe	PROPN	SP	_	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	NO	Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	biographer	biographer	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	PART	_	7	mark	_	_
7	record	record	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tradition	tradition	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	9	punct	_	_
11	repeated	repeat	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	E	_	13	case	_	_
13	Johnson	Johnson	PROPN	SP	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	9	punct	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	CS	_	17	mark	_	_
16	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	SP	_	17	nsubj	_	_
17	retired	retire	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	E	_	19	case	_	_
19	Stratford	Stratford	PROPN	SP	_	17	obl	_	_
20	'	'	PUNCT	FF	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	some	some	DET	DI	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
22	years	year	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
23	before	before	ADP	E	_	25	case	_	_
24	his	his	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	death	death	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	'	'	PUNCT	FF	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	5	punct	_	_
