Why can't a member method be passed to a base class constructor?

Question

class Flarg
{
    private readonly Action speak;

    public Action Speak
    {
        get
        {
            return speak;
        }
    }

    public Flarg(Act         


        

Answer 1

the object doesnt exist yet at the moment of the creation of the base object. so how should it already make a "pointer" to the method?