Complex sentence: "The Bridge by the Tay" is a ballad by Theodor Fontane, about the Tay Bridge disaster in Scotland on 28 December 1879, when the Tay Bridge collapsed while a train was passing across it, resulting in the deaths of 75 people.
Split into simpler sentences: The Bridge by the Tay is a ballad by Theodor Fontane. It is about the Tay Bridge disaster in Scotland on 28 December 1879, when the Tay Bridge collapsed while a train was passing across it, resulting in the deaths of 75 people.