> A Markov chain can only return verbatim combinations. So it might return "Cows are big animals" or "Are big animals happy". Just for my own edification, do y

> A Markov chain can only return verbatim combinations. So it might return "Cows are big animals" or "Are big animals happy". Just for my own edification, do you mean "Are big animals are happy"? "animals happy" never shows up in the source text so "happy" would not be a possible successor to "animals", correct?