[Grammar] How does the "to" work grammatically?

[seanb]

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!

 

[Tdol]

They were won over to a sudden silence???

 

[5jj]

???

:roll:

 

[seanb]

Thanks for your response;-)
It seems difficult even for native English speaker!
Carroll must have made it enigmatic on purpose, hehe