seanb
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Hello. I'm now reading the prefatory verse of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and have a question about its grammar:-?
Here is the text.
en.wikisource.org/wiki/All_in_the_Golden_Afternoon
4th stanza 1st line.
>Anon, to sudden silence won,
I think it means "soon, suddenly silence occupied." and I'd like to know what the role of "to" is in the phrase.
In my openion it is "to" for consequence. For example : He survived, to the amazement of surgeons. However it cannot be allowed to use past tense form (won) in a noun phrase. So I think the "won" is a past participle which modifies "silence" like : to sudden silence (which was) won:roll:
Let me know. Thank you very much!
Here is the text.
en.wikisource.org/wiki/All_in_the_Golden_Afternoon
4th stanza 1st line.
>Anon, to sudden silence won,
I think it means "soon, suddenly silence occupied." and I'd like to know what the role of "to" is in the phrase.
In my openion it is "to" for consequence. For example : He survived, to the amazement of surgeons. However it cannot be allowed to use past tense form (won) in a noun phrase. So I think the "won" is a past participle which modifies "silence" like : to sudden silence (which was) won:roll:
Let me know. Thank you very much!
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