Complex sentence: Its tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter, Gilda, who is in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father.
Split into simpler sentences: Its tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda. Gilda falls in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father.