I think it’s Participial phrase
because participial phrases have past tense or present words, and in this question it has the word “had” and “hoped” and those are both past tense.
Sorry if I am wrong but i think it just seems like that’s what it could be.
I think most of it is just cultural conditioning, we play major key songs when we're happy and minor key songs when we're sad (though this is changing in modern music). Another part of it could be that minor chords have their midtones clash a bit more with there tonic notes than major chords, it sounds slightly "wrong" to our ears and takes away from the happy effect.
Monsoon areas generally have a season of strong winds and heavy rains every year. Hope this helps!
