Sentence Ending て form


> 妻が死んで、子供が家を出て。
>
> Then my wife died, and my kids left home.

Is the sentence ending て a contraction for another expression? If so can
someone list the possible expressions for any sentence ending て form?

Also is the で connecting the sentences the reason-giving で?

Thank you!




By ending the sentence like this, the speaker is implying he has something
more to say. His wife died, his kids left home, and that may not be the end of
his story. Or he may just want to add how sad he was.

He may continue his story right after this sentence, but the remaining part
may be simply omitted when it's obvious.

> 「明日映画に行こう。」「あー、今、お金がなくて…。」  
>  "Let's go to a movie tomorrow." "Er, I don't have money now, so..."

The で in 死んで is basically the same as て, but [て will be voiced after some
verbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_verb_conjugation#Summary_of_verb_conjugations)
( _rendaku_ phenomenon).

_(Not to be confused[て as a casual
request](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/13003/5010).)_

