Bray surprised her by asking her to dance, swaying stiffly to a rhythm he didn't know, but nevertheless keeping the beat, so that they wouldn't make fools of themselves among the complicated gyrations of the Africans.
1	Bray	Bray	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	surprised	surprise	VERB	PAST	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	_	_	5	mark	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	_	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dance	dance	VERB	INF	Case=Nom	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	10	punct	_	_
10	swaying	sway	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	stiffly	stiff	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	NEG	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	know	know	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	22	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	_	22	cc	_	_
21	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	_	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	keeping	keep	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	beat	beat	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	31	punct	_	_
26	so	so	SCONJ	_	_	31	mark	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	_	26	fixed	_	_
28	they	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
29	would	would	AUX	PAST-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	n't	not	PART	NEG	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	make	make	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
32	fools	fool	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	_	_	34	case	_	_
34	themselves	they	PRON	RFL-P3PL	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	31	obl	_	_
35	among	among	ADP	_	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	complicated	complicated	ADJ	PAST	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	gyrations	gyration	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	_	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	Africans	African	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
