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Grammar help please?

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Ok, /lit/, I know this doesn't really fit in here, but I don't know where else to ask. I have to analyse this sentence for my Grammar class and I can't seem to find where to start. Is anybody willing to help?

Here's the sentence:

If you leave now and never come back I give you my word we won't phone the police.

Thanks in advance! I'm in despair right now.
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>>8499129
>>>/wsr/

What do you need specifically analyzed out of the sentence?
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>>8499129
So if X person leaves Y person won't call the police. seems simple to me. Probably needs a few commas though.
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>>8499129
Are you supposed to do something like:
If you leave now and never come back, I give you my word, we won't phone the police.
And the. You talk about why you added the commas or something?
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>>8499170
Alternatively: "If you leave now and never come back - I give you my word - we won't phone the police.
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>>8499170
Or
"If you leave now and never come back, I give you my word that we won't phone the police." Assuming you can add a word
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>>8499163
>>8499168
>>8499170
>>8499176
I need to point out clauses, subject and predicate (I also have to point out word types, direct/indirect objects and functions, but I could deal with that if I knew what the clauses, S+P are).
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>>8499190
Clauses: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/clause.htm
Subjects: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subject.htm
Predicates: http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/predicate.htm

I'm no grammar expert but, here's my take on it:

If you leave now and never come back I give you my word we won't phone the police.

Subject: (you)
Clause: If you leave now and never come back
Predicate: give you my word we won't phone the police
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>>8499129
I'm not awesome at this kind of thing, but it needs some punctuation as has been pointed out.

but the part that bothers me is the I/we thing. "*I* give you MY word WE won't phone the police." maybe a separate issue but without context how do we know the other person won't phone the police?
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