Complex sentence: Disaster strikes in the Gaulish village when Getafix the druid breaks his golden sickle, on grounds that without one, he cannot attend the annual conference of druids, or cut mistletoe for the magic potion which keeps the Roman armies at bay.
Split into simpler sentences: Disaster strikes in the Gaulish village when Getafix the druid breaks his golden sickle. Without one, he cannot attend the annual conference of druids, or cut mistletoe for the magic potion which keeps the Roman armies at bay.