Control flow

Branches (when / if)

Branch starters: if, when, whenever, should. Must be heard at the start of a branch line (except otherwise when).

Then words: then, do. Else words: otherwise, instead, else.

Block end: bury, end, goodnight, enough, bedtime, lightsout, hush, done, finished.

Inline then (one line, no body lines)

Line	Parses as	Need to know
when she has 1 toy then heel	IfChain + Break	No bury for single inline step
when she has 2 toys then she woof "hi"	IfChain + Print
when she has 3 toys then I bark "yes" otherwise I bark "no" bury	IfChain + inline else
when Bimba has 3 treats then the human growls "Nothing left." otherwise bark "no"	inline if + else	bury optional when all branches inline

Multiline then / else

Line	Parses as	Need to know
when she has 2 toys then + body + bury	IfChain	Body lines are normal statements
otherwise when she has 1 toy then …	second IfBranch	Elif (otherwise when)
otherwise + body + bury	elseSteps	Final else

Story glue before print in branches

Line	Parses as
when Bimba has 3 treats then the human growls "Nothing left."	IfChain + Print[GROWL]; words before verb are glue

Full condition grammar: Conditions.

Loops (while / until)

While starters: while, during. Until starters: until, till.

Line	Parses as	Need to know
while she has more than 0 toys then … bury	WhileLoop	Multiline body needs bury
until my labrador has 0 toys then … bury	UntilLoop	True condition → exit loop
while … when she has 1 toy then heel … bury	nested	heel breaks innermost loop

Inline then (one heel, again, or print on same line) works without bury for that step only.

chaser trait: each loop iteration adds 1 toy before the body runs. See Traits.

Example from loops.woof:

when she has more than 2 toys then
    she woofs "Plenty."
    she misplaces a toy
otherwise when she has 1 toy then
    she woofs "Just one."
otherwise
    she woofs "None."
bury

while she has more than 0 toys then
    she woofs "Still going."
    she misplaces a toy
bury

For each (stash items)

Starters: for each … from … or for each … in …. Each word: each, every.

Line	Parses as	Need to know
for each snack from cookie_jar then … bury	ForEach[snack, cookie_jar]	Variable name is any identifier
for each treat from her cookie jar then …	same	Story jar phrase resolves
for each snack from cookie_jar then bark snack bury	inline body	One print on same line after then

Each stash item is bound to the variable for one iteration. Loop variable is the only other mutable name besides memory and journal.

Loop control

Line	Parses as	Synonyms
heel	Break	stop, stay, halt
again	Continue	repeat, resume, onward
bury	closes block	See branch section for all bury words