TELL VERB NAME: tell SHORTCUT: -> DESCRIPTION Send a message to an object. Ask the object to perform an action. SYNTAX tell to PARAMETERS path.to.object - The object that we want to see. message - The message to send. RESULT The result depends on the message that is sent. ERRORS Missing message! - No message was specified, or the 'to' keyword is missing. Object was not found - The target of the message was not found. EXAMPLE > tell an.obj to unload > tell the.script to run > tell my.str to up > tell the.container to count SEE ALSO run