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> Sumti always involve a selbri. Think of {lo dunda}, where
> {dunda} is the selbri, {le te preti}, where {te preti} is the
> selbri, {la ranjit.} where {ranjit.} is the selbri etc.

The way I have understood all of this is this:
in {lo dunda}, {dunda} is not a sumti, your sumti is the x1 of {dunda}
which is the giver. In {le te preti} the sumti is the x3 of {preti},
that is, {te} makes the place conversion and then {le} takes the x3 of
preti as the sumti now converted to be placed in the normal x1 place.