The structure of this sentence: どのNも and どこにでも


So, this is a sentence from chapter 8 of Tobira:

> 狂言には、主人と家来、親と子、山伏など色々な人物が登場しますが、 **どの人物もどこにでも**
> いる普通の人達ばかりで、スーパーマンのような超人的なヒーローはできません。

The highlighted part is what I can't understand. I have no ideia of what
どのNounも means. I'm guessing it is like "whatever the character" or something.

About どこにでも, I thought of two grammar points: a) どこにも = nowhere; and b) どこでも =
anywhere. Could it be a combination of both?, tough I can't see it being that
way.

And then you combine both and my head explodes. What does it mean?




### Overall phrase structure

I'm not certain, but I suspect you might be misparsing the source.

> **どの人物もどこにでも** いる普通の人達ばかりで

Your formatting suggests that you are considering the bolded part as a single
piece. As my wife often says, "I reserve the right to be wrong" , and that
said, here's how I would break this down:

> [[どの人物]{Part A: Subject}] [も]{Inclusive} [[どこにでもいる普通の人達]{Part B: Predicate}]
> [で]{Copula}  
>  ↓  
>  [[which person/character]{Part A: Subject}] [even]{Inclusive} [[regular
> people that]{Part B: Predicate} are anywhere] [is]{Copula}  
>  ↓  
>  Anybody / any character [in the story] is just a regular person that you'd
> see anywhere...

### The specific pieces

> どのXも

This literally breaks down to [どの]{which}X[も]{even} → "whichever X", "any X".

> どこにでも

This literally breaks down to [どこ]{where} [に]{in / to} [でも]{even, also} →
"wherever [it] `[VERB]s` [in/to]", "no matter where [it] `[VERB]s` [in/to]"
(whether or not to use "in" or "to" or nothing in the English depends on the
verb).

Note that the でも is basically the same emphasizer you get in expressions like
どこでも or だれでも. Due to the syntactic ordering of particles, どこでも + に (used here
because of the verb) becomes どこにでも: the に gets inserted in the middle. We
can't say *どこでもに.

This latter expression may change nuance slightly depending on the subject and
verb used. In your sample phrase, it's いる, so "is" works.

We could also say things like どこにでも行【い】く, "no matter where [someone] goes" or
to change it up a bit, だれにでも送【おく】る, "no matter who [someone] sends [something]
to", or どれにでも偏【かたよ】る, "no matter which [one] [someone] leans towards / is
biased towards".

Just remember that the に here is used because of the verb: いる in your example,
行【い】く and 送【おく】る and 偏【かたよ】る in my examples, all require that に.




### Overall phrase structure

I'm not certain, but I suspect you might be misparsing the source.

> **どの人物もどこにでも** いる普通の人達ばかりで

Your formatting suggests that you are considering the bolded part as a single
piece. As my wife often says, "I reserve the right to be wrong" , and that
said, here's how I would break this down:

> [[どの人物]{Part A: Subject}] [も]{Inclusive} [[どこにでもいる普通の人達]{Part B: Predicate}]
> [で]{Copula}  
>  ↓  
>  [[which person/character]{Part A: Subject}] [even]{Inclusive} [[regular
> people that]{Part B: Predicate} are anywhere] [is]{Copula}  
>  ↓  
>  Anybody / any character [in the story] is just a regular person that you'd
> see anywhere...

### The specific pieces

> どのXも

This literally breaks down to [どの]{which}X[も]{even} → "whichever X", "any X".

> どこにでも

This literally breaks down to [どこ]{where} [に]{in / to} [でも]{even, also} →
"wherever [it] `[VERB]s` [in/to]", "no matter where [it] `[VERB]s` [in/to]"
(whether or not to use "in" or "to" or nothing in the English depends on the
verb).

Note that the でも is basically the same emphasizer you get in expressions like
どこでも or だれでも. Due to the syntactic ordering of particles, どこでも + に (used here
because of the verb) becomes どこにでも: the に gets inserted in the middle. We
can't say *どこでもに.

This latter expression may change nuance slightly depending on the subject and
verb used. In your sample phrase, it's いる, so "is" works.

We could also say things like どこにでも行【い】く, "no matter where [someone] goes" or
to change it up a bit, だれにでも送【おく】る, "no matter who [someone] sends [something]
to", or どれにでも偏【かたよ】る, "no matter which [one] [someone] leans towards / is
biased towards".

Just remember that the に here is used because of the verb: いる in your example,
行【い】く and 送【おく】る and 偏【かたよ】る in my examples, all require that に.

