diff --git a/anselme/ast/Block.lua b/anselme/ast/Block.lua
index a7f46d5..caa3f40 100644
--- a/anselme/ast/Block.lua
+++ b/anselme/ast/Block.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 local ast = require("anselme.ast")
-local Nil, Return, AutoCall, ArgumentTuple, Flush
+local Nil, Return, Flush
 
 local resume_manager = require("anselme.state.resume_manager")
 
@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ local Block = ast.abstract.Node {
 			for _, e in ipairs(self.expressions) do
 				if e:contains_resume_target(target) then resumed = true end
 				if resumed then
-					r = e:eval(state)
-					if AutoCall:issub(r) then
-						r = r:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new())
-					end
+					r = e:eval_statement(state)
 					if Return:is(r) then
 						break -- pass on to parent block until we reach a function boundary
 					end
@@ -54,10 +51,7 @@ local Block = ast.abstract.Node {
 			end
 		else
 			for _, e in ipairs(self.expressions) do
-				r = e:eval(state)
-				if AutoCall:issub(r) then
-					r = r:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new())
-				end
+				r = e:eval_statement(state)
 				if Return:is(r) then
 					break -- pass on to parent block until we reach a function boundary
 				end
@@ -69,6 +63,6 @@ local Block = ast.abstract.Node {
 }
 
 package.loaded[...] = Block
-Nil, Return, AutoCall, ArgumentTuple, Flush = ast.Nil, ast.Return, ast.abstract.AutoCall, ast.ArgumentTuple, ast.Flush
+Nil, Return, Flush = ast.Nil, ast.Return, ast.Flush
 
 return Block
diff --git a/anselme/ast/Text.lua b/anselme/ast/Text.lua
index ce782df..eb7329e 100644
--- a/anselme/ast/Text.lua
+++ b/anselme/ast/Text.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 local ast = require("anselme.ast")
-local AutoCall, Event, Runtime = ast.abstract.AutoCall, ast.abstract.Event, ast.abstract.Runtime
+local Event, Runtime = ast.abstract.Event, ast.abstract.Runtime
+local ArgumentTuple
 
-return Runtime(AutoCall, Event) {
+local Text = Runtime(Event) {
 	type = "text",
 
 	list = nil, -- { { String, tag Table }, ... }
@@ -28,9 +29,19 @@ return Runtime(AutoCall, Event) {
 		return ("| %s |"):format(table.concat(t, " "))
 	end,
 
+	-- autocall when used directly as a statement
+	eval_statement = function(self, state)
+		return self:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new())
+	end,
+
 	-- Text comes from TextInterpolation which already evals the contents
 
 	to_event_data = function(self)
 		return self
 	end
 }
+
+package.loaded[...] = Text
+ArgumentTuple = ast.ArgumentTuple
+
+return Text
diff --git a/anselme/ast/Translatable.lua b/anselme/ast/Translatable.lua
index c1f4487..add771e 100644
--- a/anselme/ast/Translatable.lua
+++ b/anselme/ast/Translatable.lua
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ local Translatable = ast.abstract.Node {
 	_eval = function(self, state)
 		return translation_manager:eval(state, self.context, self)
 	end,
+	-- pass on eval_statement state to the translated node
+	eval_statement = function(self, state)
+		return translation_manager:eval(state, self.context, self):eval_statement(state)
+	end,
 
 	list_translatable = function(self, t)
 		t = t or {}
diff --git a/anselme/ast/abstract/AutoCall.lua b/anselme/ast/abstract/AutoCall.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d27ec89..0000000
--- a/anselme/ast/abstract/AutoCall.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
--- called automatically when returned by one of the expression in a block
-
-local ast = require("anselme.ast")
-
-return ast.abstract.Node {
-	type = "auto call",
-	init = false
-}
diff --git a/anselme/ast/abstract/Node.lua b/anselme/ast/abstract/Node.lua
index 1b510bf..57f0093 100644
--- a/anselme/ast/abstract/Node.lua
+++ b/anselme/ast/abstract/Node.lua
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ Node = class {
 			error(format_error(state, self, r), 0)
 		end
 	end,
+	-- same as eval but called on the top node of a statement (i.e. a line of a block)
+	-- redefine if the statement behavior should be different
+	eval_statement = function(self, state)
+		return self:eval(state)
+	end,
 	_evaluated = false, -- if true, node is assumed to be already evaluated and :eval will be the identity function
 	-- evaluate this node and return the result
 	-- by default assume the node can't be evaluated further and return itself; redefine for everything else, probably
diff --git a/anselme/state/translation_manager.lua b/anselme/state/translation_manager.lua
index 751f3cf..0b7c2c7 100644
--- a/anselme/state/translation_manager.lua
+++ b/anselme/state/translation_manager.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 local class = require("anselme.lib.class")
 
 local ast = require("anselme.ast")
-local Table, Identifier
+local Table, Identifier, Translatable
 
 local translations_identifier, translations_symbol
 
@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@ local translation_manager = class {
 		end
 
 		-- no matching translation
-		return original.expression:eval(state)
+		if Translatable:is(original) then
+			return original.expression:eval(state)
+		else
+			return original:eval(state)
+		end
 	end,
 }
 
 package.loaded[...] = translation_manager
-Table, Identifier = ast.Table, ast.Identifier
+Table, Identifier, Translatable = ast.Table, ast.Identifier, ast.Translatable
 
 translations_identifier = Identifier:new("_translations") -- Table of { Translatable = Table{ Struct context = translated node, ... }, ... }
 translations_symbol = translations_identifier:to_symbol()
diff --git a/test/results/autocall text statement.ans b/test/results/autocall text statement.ans
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deaa764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/results/autocall text statement.ans	
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--# run #--
+--- text ---
+| {}"Hello" |
+--- text ---
+| {}"Hello" |
+--- text ---
+| {}"Wor" {}"ld" |
+--- return ---
+()
+--# saved #--
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/tests/autocall text statement.ans b/test/tests/autocall text statement.ans
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..698b949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/autocall text statement.ans	
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+| Hello
+
+| Wor | + | ld |
+
+(| Hello)!
+
+(| Wor | + | ld |)!
diff --git a/test/tests/choice line interpolation with choice event.ans b/test/tests/choice line interpolation with choice event.ans
index e99783e..9f8537a 100644
--- a/test/tests/choice line interpolation with choice event.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/choice line interpolation with choice event.ans	
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 :@choice=1
 
 :$ jump button
-	1 # |A
+	1 #
+		|A
 	*| Suprise choice!
 		()
 	return("JOIN")
diff --git a/test/tests/choice line interpolation with event flush.ans b/test/tests/choice line interpolation with event flush.ans
index de2b3b9..a616891 100644
--- a/test/tests/choice line interpolation with event flush.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/choice line interpolation with event flush.ans	
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 :@choice=1
 
 :$ jump button
-	1 # | a
+	1 #
+		| a
 
 	return("SPLIT")
 
diff --git a/test/tests/choice line interpolation with text event.ans b/test/tests/choice line interpolation with text event.ans
index 95ef233..69a6db9 100644
--- a/test/tests/choice line interpolation with text event.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/choice line interpolation with text event.ans	
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 	return(1 # | A)
 
 :$ move axis
-	1 # | left
+	1 #
+		| left
 	return(" joystick")
 
 *| Press {jump button!} to jump.
diff --git a/test/tests/condition decorator.ans b/test/tests/condition decorator.ans
index 22a131f..3469234 100644
--- a/test/tests/condition decorator.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/condition decorator.ans	
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-if((), $|ko)
-if(1, $|ok)
-if(1, $|ok bis)
\ No newline at end of file
+if((), $|ko|!)
+if(1, $|ok|!)
+if(1, $|ok bis|!)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/tests/resume from paragraph restore tags.ans b/test/tests/resume from paragraph restore tags.ans
index c7c16a0..0a8af95 100644
--- a/test/tests/resume from paragraph restore tags.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/resume from paragraph restore tags.ans	
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 		if(1, $()("x":"x" # _))
 			"b":"b" #
 				#p!checkpoint($_)
-					"c":"c"# |b
+					"c":"c"#
+						|b
 
 				|c
 
diff --git a/test/tests/tag decorator nested.ans b/test/tests/tag decorator nested.ans
index ada213a..1708ad9 100644
--- a/test/tests/tag decorator nested.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/tag decorator nested.ans	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 1 #
 	|foo
 	if(1, $()("b":[1,2] # _))
-		if(1, $()("a":[2,3] # | bar))
+		if(1, $()("a":[2,3] # | bar |!))
diff --git a/test/tests/tag decorator.ans b/test/tests/tag decorator.ans
index 1f12920..a3df7b5 100644
--- a/test/tests/tag decorator.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/tag decorator.ans	
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 1 #
 	| foo
-	"a":[2,3] # | bar
+	"a":[2,3] #
+		| bar
diff --git a/test/tests/text buffer with tags.ans b/test/tests/text buffer with tags.ans
index cf2400f..a28e665 100644
--- a/test/tests/text buffer with tags.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/text buffer with tags.ans	
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 :$ f
-	1 # | lol
+	1 #
+		| lol
 
 	return(2 # |d)
 
diff --git a/test/tests/text concat.ans b/test/tests/text concat.ans
index 04b38cf..be8d821 100644
--- a/test/tests/text concat.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/text concat.ans	
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 :b = ("b":"c" # | world and { "x":"y" # |friends })
 
-a+b
+(a+b)!
diff --git a/test/tests/text line interpolation with choice event.ans b/test/tests/text line interpolation with choice event.ans
index 66a8b92..5154262 100644
--- a/test/tests/text line interpolation with choice event.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/text line interpolation with choice event.ans	
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 :@choice = 1
 
 :$ jump button
-	1 # | A
+	1 #
+		| A
 	*| Surprise choice!
 		| ok
 
 :$ move axis
-	1 # | left
+	1 #
+		| left
 	*| Surprise choice!
 		| ok2
 	return(" joystick")
diff --git a/test/tests/text line interpolation with event flush.ans b/test/tests/text line interpolation with event flush.ans
index 1296a10..e636316 100644
--- a/test/tests/text line interpolation with event flush.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/text line interpolation with event flush.ans	
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 :$ jump button
-	1 # | A
+	1 #
+		| A
 
 	return!
 
 :$ move axis
-	1 # | left
+	1 #
+		| left
 
 	return(" joystick")
 
diff --git a/test/tests/text line interpolation with text event.ans b/test/tests/text line interpolation with text event.ans
index d7dd431..46a4d1e 100644
--- a/test/tests/text line interpolation with text event.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/text line interpolation with text event.ans	
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 	return(1 # | A)
 
 :$ move axis
-	2 # | left
+	2 #
+		| left
 	return(" joystick")
 
 | Press {jump button!} to jump.
diff --git a/test/tests/unseen line.ans b/test/tests/unseen line.ans
index 9f45ee1..124756b 100644
--- a/test/tests/unseen line.ans	
+++ b/test/tests/unseen line.ans	
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 : x = "x"!script($_)
 	|a
-	if(run == 0, $|seen only once)
+	if(run == 0)
+		|seen only once
 	|b
 
 x!