Complex sentence: At an orphanage in the future, a troublesome boy named Roger is running away, but is stopped by Father Clifford, a very old priest, who tries to convince the boy to change his ways by telling him of his own youth.
Split into simpler sentences: At an orphanage in the future, a troublesome boy named Roger is running away. He s stopped by Father Clifford, a very old priest, who tries to convince the boy to change his ways by telling him a story of his own youth.