How to chain commands in Gremlin?

Question

The following command works

t = new Table(); g.V.as('id').as('properties').table(t){it.id}{it.map}
print t

The following command works

t = new Table();
g.V.as('id').as('properties').table(t){it.id}{it.map}; print t

The following command doesn't work

t = new Table(); g.V.as('id').as('properties').table(t){it.id}{it.map}; print t

Why?