Complex sentence: After Il Matto drenches Zampano with a pail of water, Zampanò chases after his tormentor with his knife drawn; as a result, he is briefly jailed and both men are eventually fired from the travelling circus.
Split into simpler sentences: After Il Matto drenches Zampano with a pail of water, Zampanò chases after his tormentor with his knife drawn. As a result, he is briefly jailed and both men are eventually fired from the travelling circus.