public class Test { static final String[] conjunction = { "and", "or", "but", "because"}; static final String[] proper_noun = { "Fred", "Jane", "Richard Nixon","Miss America"}; static final String[] common_noun = { "man", "woman", "fish", "elephant", "unicorn"}; static final String[] determiner = { "a", "the", "every", "some"}; static final String[] adjective = { "big", "tiny", "pretty", "bald"}; static final String[] intransitive_verb = { "runs", "jumps", "talks", "sleeps"}; static final String[] transitive_verb = { "loves", "hates", "sees", "knows", "looks for", "finds"}; public static void main(String[] args) { while (true) { randomSentence(); System.out.println(".\n"); try { Thread.sleep(3000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } } static void randomSentence() { randomNounPhrase(); randomVerbPhrase(); if (Math.random() > 0.75) { System.out.print(" " + randomItem(conjunction)); randomSentence(); } } static void randomNounPhrase() { if (Math.random() > 0.75) System.out.print(" " + randomItem(proper_noun)); else { System.out.print(" " + randomItem(determiner)); if (Math.random() > 0.5) System.out.print(" " + randomItem(adjective)+"."); System.out.print(" " + randomItem(common_noun)); if (Math.random() > 0.5){ System.out.print(" who" ); randomVerbPhrase(); } } } static void randomVerbPhrase() { if (Math.random() > 0.75) System.out.print(" " + randomItem(intransitive_verb)); else if (Math.random() > 0.50) { System.out.print(" " + randomItem(transitive_verb)); randomNounPhrase(); } else if (Math.random() > 0.25) System.out.print(" is " + randomItem(adjective)); else { System.out.print(" believes that"); randomNounPhrase(); randomVerbPhrase(); } } static String randomItem(String[] listOfStrings){ return listOfStrings[(int)(Math.random()*listOfStrings.length)]; }
}