diff --git a/networks.rkt b/networks.rkt
index ab54b9a..5bafb46 100644
--- a/networks.rkt
+++ b/networks.rkt
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
                [make-tbn (-> (listof (cons/c variable? tbf/state?)) tbn?)]
                [tbn->network (-> tbn? network?)]
                [make-sbn (-> (listof (cons/c variable? tbf/state?)) sbn?)]
+               [parse-org-tbn (->* ((listof any/c))
+                                   (#:headers boolean? #:func-names boolean?)
+                                   tbn?)]
                [read-org-tbn (->* (string?)
                                   (#:headers boolean? #:func-names boolean?)
                                   tbn?)])
@@ -1333,6 +1336,40 @@
     (check-equal? (update sn s2 '(a b))
                   (make-state '((a . 0) (b . 1))))))
 
+;;; A helper function for read-org-tbn and read-org-sbn.  It reads a
+;;; TBN from an Org-mode sexp containing a list of lists of numbers.
+;;; As in lists->tbfs/state, the last element of each list is taken to
+;;; be the threshold of the TBFs, and the rest of the elements are
+;;; taken to be the weights.
+;;;
+;;; As in read-org-tbfs/state, if headers is #t, the names of the
+;;; variables to appear as the inputs of the TBF are taken from the
+;;; first list.  The last element of this list is discarded.
+;;; If headers is #f, the names of the variables are generated as xi,
+;;; where i is the index of the variable.
+;;;
+;;; If func-names is #t, the first element in every row except the
+;;; first one, are taken to be the name of the variable to which the
+;;; TBF should be associated.  If func-names is #f, the functions are
+;;; assigned to variables in alphabetical order.
+;;;
+;;; func-names cannot be #t if headers is #f.  The function does not
+;;; check this condition.
+(define (parse-org-tbn sexp
+                       #:headers [headers #t]
+                       #:func-names [func-names #t])
+  (cond
+    [(eq? func-names #t)
+     (define-values (vars rows) (multi-split-at sexp 1))
+     (define tbfs (lists->tbfs/state rows #:headers headers))
+     (for/hash ([tbf (in-list tbfs)] [var (in-list (cdr vars))])
+       (values (car var) tbf))]
+    [else
+     (define tbfs (lists->tbfs/state sexp #:headers headers))
+     (define vars (hash-map (tbf/state-w (car tbfs)) (λ (x _) x) #t))
+     (for/hash ([tbf (in-list tbfs)] [var (in-list vars)])
+       (values var tbf))]))
+
 ;;; Reads a TBN from an Org-mode string containing a sexp, containing
 ;;; a list of lists of numbers.  As in lists->tbfs/state, the last
 ;;; element of each list is taken to be the threshold of the TBFs, and
@@ -1354,19 +1391,30 @@
 (define (read-org-tbn str
                       #:headers [headers #t]
                       #:func-names [func-names #t])
-  (define sexp (read-org-sexp str))
-  (cond
-    [(eq? func-names #t)
-     (define-values (vars rows) (multi-split-at sexp 1))
-     (define tbfs (lists->tbfs/state rows #:headers headers))
-     (for/hash ([tbf (in-list tbfs)] [var (in-list (cdr vars))])
-       (values (car var) tbf))]
-    [else
-     (define tbfs (lists->tbfs/state sexp #:headers headers))
-     (define vars (hash-map (tbf/state-w (car tbfs)) (λ (x _) x) #t))
-     (for/hash ([tbf (in-list tbfs)] [var (in-list vars)])
-       (values var tbf))]))
+  (parse-org-tbn (read-org-sexp str)
+                 #:headers headers
+                 #:func-names func-names))
 
+(module+ test
+  (test-case "read-org-tbn, parse-org-tbn"
+    (check-equal? (read-org-tbn "((\"-\" \"x\" \"y\" \"θ\") (\"y\" -1 0 -1) (\"x\" 0 -1 -1))")
+                  (hash
+                   'x
+                   (tbf/state '#hash((x . 0) (y . -1)) -1)
+                   'y
+                   (tbf/state '#hash((x . -1) (y . 0)) -1)))
+    (check-equal? (read-org-tbn "((\"x\" \"y\" \"θ\") (-1 0 -1) (0 -1 -1))" #:func-names #f)
+                  (hash
+                   'x
+                   (tbf/state '#hash((x . -1) (y . 0)) -1)
+                   'y
+                   (tbf/state '#hash((x . 0) (y . -1)) -1)))
+    (check-equal? (read-org-tbn "((-1 0 -1) (0 -1 -1))" #:headers #f #:func-names #f)
+                  (hash
+                   'x0
+                   (tbf/state '#hash((x0 . -1) (x1 . 0)) -1)
+                   'x1
+                   (tbf/state '#hash((x0 . 0) (x1 . -1)) -1)))))
 (module+ test
   (test-case "read-org-tbn"
     (check-equal? (read-org-tbn "((\"-\" \"x\" \"y\" \"θ\") (\"y\" -1 0 -1) (\"x\" 0 -1 -1))")