“Sons abandon their fathers without emotion.”
To conclude that the prisoners are emotionally numb, you would use keywords/phrases. In the quote above, words such as “abandon” and “without emotion” show that the characters are void, show no remorse as they do not care. They are numb. -Can’t feel anything.
“The men tell each other to have courage” does not quite fill the line for “emotionally numb” as though they are probably feeling a sense of dread. Trying to encourage each other for the future.
The wife is old, ugly and lowborn. Even the knight tells it to her on their wedding night. It is also decadent for the knight who might have been wed to a beautiful woman. Therefore, the woman is really careful and shrewd. Using her wiles she tries to make the knight marry her.
I believe a "a bird" is a subject because I did process of elimination. It can't be a verb, because you cannot "do a bird." It depends what the context of the sentence is as well. Is there a clear object, or subject? Otherwise, I would say subject.
• Doesn’t take opportunities
• Worry all the time
• Giving up