diff --git a/lib/vool.rb b/lib/vool.rb
index e72db3db..9a0f002f 100644
--- a/lib/vool.rb
+++ b/lib/vool.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 require_relative "vool/compiler"
 require_relative "vool/class_statement"
+require_relative "vool/method_statement"
diff --git a/lib/vool/class_statement.rb b/lib/vool/class_statement.rb
index 86d0374a..8e39d94f 100644
--- a/lib/vool/class_statement.rb
+++ b/lib/vool/class_statement.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Vool
     attr_reader :name, :super_class_name , :body
 
     def initialize( name , supe , body)
-      @name , @super_class_name , @body = name , supe , body
+      @name , @super_class_name , @body = name , supe , (body || [])
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/lib/vool/compiler.rb b/lib/vool/compiler.rb
index 5744f660..6325ad6b 100644
--- a/lib/vool/compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/vool/compiler.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ module Vool
       ClassStatement.new( get_name(name) , get_name(sup) , body )
     end
 
+    def on_def( statement )
+      name , args , body = *statement
+      arg_array = process_all( args )
+      MethodStatement.new( name , arg_array , body )
+    end
+
+    def on_arg( arg )
+      arg.first
+    end
+
     def get_name( statement )
       return nil unless statement
       raise "Not const #{statement}" unless statement.type == :const
diff --git a/lib/vool/method_statement.rb b/lib/vool/method_statement.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a62f867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vool/method_statement.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Vool
+  class MethodStatement
+    attr_reader :name, :args , :body
+
+    def initialize( name , args , body)
+      @name , @args , @body = name , args , (body || [])
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/vool/test_class_statement.rb b/test/vool/test_class_statement.rb
index 98477fb7..670f9c96 100644
--- a/test/vool/test_class_statement.rb
+++ b/test/vool/test_class_statement.rb
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@ module Vool
       assert_equal :Base , @lst.super_class_name
     end
 
+    def test_compile_class_body
+      assert_equal [] , @lst.body
+    end
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/vool/test_compiler.rb b/test/vool/test_compiler.rb
index 6a3f1070..0974d5e2 100644
--- a/test/vool/test_compiler.rb
+++ b/test/vool/test_compiler.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 require_relative "helper"
 require_relative "test_class_statement"
+require_relative "test_method_statement"
diff --git a/test/vool/test_method_statement.rb b/test/vool/test_method_statement.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..446c5c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vool/test_method_statement.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require_relative "../helper"
+
+module Vool
+  class TestMethodStatement < MiniTest::Test
+
+    def setup
+      input = "def tryout(arg1, arg2) ; end "
+      @lst = Compiler.compile( input )
+    end
+
+    def test_compile_method
+      assert_equal MethodStatement , @lst.class
+    end
+
+    def test_compile_method_name
+      assert_equal :tryout , @lst.name
+    end
+
+    def test_compile_method_super
+      assert_equal [:arg1, :arg2] , @lst.args
+    end
+
+    def test_compile_method_body
+      assert_equal [] , @lst.body
+    end
+
+  end
+end