Newton had been urged to make a new edition of the Principia since the early 1690s, partly because copies of the first edition had already become very rare and expensive within a few years after 1687. Newton referred to his plans for a second edition in correspondence with Flamsteed in November 1694: Newton also maintained annotated copies of the first edition specially bound up with interleaves on which he could note his revisions; two of these copies still survive: but he had not completed the revisions by 1708, and of two would-be editors, Newton had almost severed connections with one, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and the other, David Gregory seems not to have met with Newton's approval and was also terminally ill, dying later in 1708.
Newton had been urged to make a new edition of the Principia since the early 1690s, partly because copies of the first edition had already become very rare and expensive within a few years after 1687.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Newton
Newton
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
aux:pass
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
AUX
VBN
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
urge
urged
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
make
make
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
new
new
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
edition
edition
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
Principia
Principia
PROPN
NNP
case
since
since
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
early
early
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
1690s
1690s
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
partly
partly
ADV
RB
mark
because
because
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Plur
copy
copies
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
edition
edition
NOUN
NN
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
advmod
already
already
ADV
RB
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
become
become
VERB
VBN
advmod
very
very
ADV
RB
xcomp
Degree=Pos
rare
rare
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
expensive
expensive
ADJ
JJ
case
within
within
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
few
few
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
case
after
after
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1687
1687
NUM
CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Newton referred to his plans for a second edition in correspondence with Flamsteed in November 1694: Newton also maintained annotated copies of the first edition specially bound up with interleaves on which he could note his revisions; two of these copies still survive: but he had not completed the revisions by 1708, and of two would-be editors, Newton had almost severed connections with one, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, and the other, David Gregory seems not to have met with Newton's approval and was also terminally ill, dying later in 1708.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Newton
Newton
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
refer
referred
VERB
VBD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Plur
plan
plans
NOUN
NNS
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
second
second
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
edition
edition
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
correspondence
correspondence
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Flamsteed
Flamsteed
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
November
November
PROPN
NNP
nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1694
1694
NUM
CD
punct
:
:
PUNCT
:
nsubj
Number=Sing
Newton
Newton
PROPN
NNP
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
maintain
maintained
VERB
VBD
amod
Degree=Pos
annotate
annotated
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Plur
copy
copies
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
edition
edition
NOUN
NN
advmod
specially
specially
ADV
RB
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
bind
bound
VERB
VBN
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
interleave
interleaves
NOUN
NNS
case
on
on
ADP
IN
obl
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
could
could
AUX
MD
acl:relcl
VerbForm=Inf
note
note
VERB
VB
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Plur
revision
revisions
NOUN
NNS
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
nsubj
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
two
two
NUM
CD
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Number=Plur|PronType=Dem
this
these
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
copy
copies
NOUN
NNS
advmod
still
still
ADV
RB
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
survive
survive
VERB
VBP
punct
:
:
PUNCT
:
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
complete
completed
VERB
VBN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Plur
revision
revisions
NOUN
NNS
case
by
by
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1708
1708
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
two
two
NUM
CD
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
AUX
MD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
cop
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
conj
Number=Plur
editor
editors
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Newton
Newton
PROPN
NNP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
advmod
almost
almost
ADV
RB
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
sever
severed
VERB
VBN
obj
Number=Plur
connection
connections
NOUN
NNS
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
one
one
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Nicolas
Nicolas
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Fatio
Fatio
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
de
de
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Duillier
Duillier
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
advmod
Degree=Pos
other
other
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
David
David
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Gregory
Gregory
PROPN
NNP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
seem
seems
VERB
VBZ
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
xcomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
meet
met
VERB
VBN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Newton
Newton
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
approval
approval
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
advmod
terminally
terminally
ADV
RB
conj
Degree=Pos
ill
ill
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
die
dying
VERB
VBG
advmod
Degree=Cmp
late
later
ADV
RBR
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1708
1708
NUM
CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.