The headword is syllabified in W , not in L .  In older dictionaries the words are syllabified mainly to help in pronouncing them; latterly, syllabication has been used largely to find where a word can be hyphenated at the end of a line of text, though, judging by today's newspapers and magazines, one would be sore put to believe that a dictionary had ever been within the grasp of their editors, proofreaders, or the programmers who wrote the hyphenation programs for the automatic typesetting many of them now employ.
( ( ( ( ( The headword ) ( is ( syllabified ( ( ( ( in W ) , ) not ) ( in ( ( L . ) ( ( In ( older dictionaries ) ) ( ( the words ) ( are ( ( syllabified mainly ) ( to ( help ( in ( pronouncing them ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ; ) ( latterly ( ( , ( ( syllabication ( has ( been ( ( used largely ) ( to ( find ( where ( ( a word ) ( can ( be ( ( ( ( ( hyphenated ( at ( ( the end ) ( of ( ( a line ) ( of text ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) though ) , ) ( judging ( by ( ( today 's ) ( ( newspapers and ) magazines ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) ) ( one ( would ( be ( sore ( put ( to ( believe ( that ( ( a dictionary ) ( ( had ever ) ( been ( within ( ( ( ( ( ( ( the grasp ) ( of ( their editors ) ) ) , ) proofreaders ) , ) or ) ( ( the programmers ) ( who ( ( wrote ( the ( hyphenation programs ) ) ) ( for ( ( the ( automatic typesetting ) ) ( ( many ( of them ) ) ( now employ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN headword)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN syllabified) (PP (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP W))) (, ,) (RB not) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NNP L) (. .)) (SBAR (S (PP (IN In) (NP (JJR older) (NNS dictionaries))) (NP (DT the) (NNS words)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN syllabified) (ADVP (RB mainly)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB help) (PP (IN in) (S (VP (VBG pronouncing) (NP (PRP them)))))))))))))))))) (: ;) (S (ADVP (RB latterly)) (PRN (, ,) (S (NP (NN syllabication)) (VP (VBZ has) (VP (VBN been) (VP (VBN used) (ADVP (RB largely)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB find) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where)) (S (NP (DT a) (NN word)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN hyphenated) (PP (IN at) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN end)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN line)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN text))))))) (, ,) (ADVP (RB though)) (, ,) (S (VP (VBG judging) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (NN today) (POS 's)) (NNS newspapers) (CC and) (NNS magazines))))))))))))))))) (, ,)) (NP (PRP one)) (VP (MD would) (VP (VB be) (NP (JJ sore) (NN put) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB believe) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT a) (NN dictionary)) (VP (VBD had) (ADVP (RB ever)) (VP (VBN been) (PP (IN within) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN grasp)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS editors)))) (, ,) (NP (NNS proofreaders)) (, ,) (CC or) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS programmers)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD wrote) (NP (DT the) (NN hyphenation) (NNS programs)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ automatic) (NN typesetting)) (SBAR (WHNP (WHNP (DT many)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP them)))) (S (ADVP (RB now)) (VP (VBP employ))))))))))))))))))))))) (. .)))
You can tell from newspaper and magazines these days that editors are highly adept at hyphenating words.
( You ( ( can ( ( ( tell ( from ( ( newspaper and ) magazines ) ) ) ( these days ) ) ( that ( editors ( are ( highly ( adept ( at ( hyphenating words ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP You)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB tell) (PP (IN from) (NP (NN newspaper) (CC and) (NNS magazines))) (NP (DT these) (NNS days)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS editors)) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (RB highly) (JJ adept) (PP (IN at) (S (VP (VBG hyphenating) (NP (NNS words))))))))))) (. .)))