Complex sentence: As he nears his village the moonlight strikes the steeple of the church and he has an idea-if he sails the Zephyr over the village and rings her bell, everyone will know that he truly is the greatest sailor there ever was.
Split into simpler sentences: As he nears his village the moonlight strikes the steeple of the church and he has an idea. If he sails the Zephyr over the village and rings her bell, everyone will know that he truly is the greatest sailor there ever was.