汤姆认为那是个玩笑，但是没人笑。

Tom meant it as a joke, but nobody laughed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 汤姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
2 认为 rènwéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
=3 那是 nàshi
  1. (coll.) of course
  2. naturally
  3. indeed
=3 那是 nàshì
  1. (colloquial) of course
  2. of course
=4 个 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=4 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=4 个 gè variant of 个 gè
5 玩笑 wánxiào
  1. to joke
  2. joke
  3. jest
6 但是 dànshì but; however
=7 没 méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
=7 没 mò
  1. drowned
  2. to end
  3. to die
  4. to inundate
8 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位
=9 笑 xiào old variant of 笑 xiào
=9 笑 xiào
  1. to laugh; to smile
  2. to laugh at