Motion was of the essence, the act of putting one foot in front of the other and allowing himself to follow the drift of his own body.
1	Motion	motion	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	essence	essence	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	act	act	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	_	_	10	mark	_	_
10	putting	put	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CARD-SG	NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	foot	foot	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	_
14	front	front	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	13	fixed	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	_	_	13	fixed	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	other	other	PRON	ADJ	Case=Nom	10	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	_
19	allowing	allow	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
20	himself	he	PRON	RFL-P3SG	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	_	_	22	mark	_	_
22	follow	follow	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	drift	drift	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	_
26	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	own	own	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	body	body	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
