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(".
");
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)];
}
}