If a verb's six tenses are listed in a systematic way, then the verb has undergone "conjugation".
Conjugation simply means to change the form of a verb in order for it to express a different meaning.
The verb's six tenses consist of the present, the past, the future, the present perfect, the past perfect, and the future perfect. Verbs are usually conjugated in order to show the time/period an action or idea was actually expressed.
Answer: "He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow." This may foreshadow that the family will try to change their lives and that sorrow will result.
