Complex sentence: One report describes a Frenchman who went mad after two years of solitude on Mauritius and tore his clothing to pieces in a fit of madness brought on by a diet of nothing but raw turtles.
Split into simpler sentences: One report describes a Frenchman who went mad after two years of solitude on Mauritius. He tore his clothing to pieces in a fit of madness brought on by a diet of nothing but raw turtles.