Complex sentence: One Sunday a captain is approached by a mermaid in nearby Pendour Cove and asked to raise his anchor as it is resting on the front door of her abode and she needs to attend to her children.
Split into simpler sentences: One Sunday a captain is approached by a mermaid in nearby Pendour Cove. She asks him to raise his anchor as it is resting on the front door and she needs to attend to her children.