Complex sentence: At the beginning of the opera, the gipsy chief Francal asks Mirette to choose among the gipsy bachelors for a husband, but she is unable to choose, despite the fact that Picorin, one of the gipsy crew, is in love with her.
Split into simpler sentences: At the beginning of the opera, the gipsy chief Francal asks Mirette to choose among the gipsy bachelors for a husband. She is unable to choose, despite the fact that Picorin, one of the gipsy crew, is in love with her.