It’s very much like you are trying to make the room laugh, but the room has been a sort of captive audience for many many years now, so it takes a lot to make the room laugh.
1-2	It’s	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:outer	8:nsubj:outer|10:nsubj:xsubj|13:nsubj:xsubj	Discourse=elaboration-additional:103->101:1|Entity=(134-event-giv:act-cf2-1-ana)
2	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	8:cop	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	4:advmod	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	8:advmod	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	8:mark	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	8:nsubj|10:nsubj:xsubj|13:nsubj:xsubj	Entity=(45-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana)
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	8:aux	_
8	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	10:mark	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	8:xcomp	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	12:det	Entity=(101-place-giv:inact-cf3-2-coref
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	10:obj|13:nsubj:xsubj	Entity=101)
13	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	10:xcomp	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	21:punct	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	21:cc	Discourse=causal-cause:104->105:0
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	17:det	Entity=(101-place-giv:act-cf3-2-coref
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	21:nsubj	Entity=101)
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	21:aux	_
19	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	cop	21:cop	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	21:det	Entity=(137-person-new-cf5-2-sgl
21	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	8:conj:but	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	24:case	_
23	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	24:amod	_
24	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	21:nmod:of	Entity=137)
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	28:case	_
26	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	28:amod	Entity=(138-time-new-cf6-3-sgl
27	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	28:amod	_
28	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	21:obl:for	Entity=138)
29	now	now	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	21:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	33:punct	_
31	so	so	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	33:advmod	Discourse=context-circumstance:105->103:0
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	expl	33:expl	Entity=(139-event-new-cf4-1-cata)
33	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	21:parataxis	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	35:det	_
35	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	33:obj	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	37:mark	Entity=(139-event-acc:com-cf4-2-coref
37	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	csubj	33:csubj	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	39:det	Entity=(101-place-giv:act-cf3-2-coref
39	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	37:obj|40:nsubj:xsubj	Entity=101)
40	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	37:xcomp	Entity=139)|SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	8:punct	_
