The simple reading of the verse is, as you stated, the Torah is saying "no it's not, so don't attack the trees."

But because the Torah chose to word it in such a fashion, the commentaries saw that as poetic license to draw similarities between humans and trees. (But not in such a way as to violate the halachic interpretation of the verse, namely, don't cut down fruit trees when laying siege to a city.)

Is the tree of the field a man?
I'm pretty sure it's not correct to say I with my friends go to the cinema every weekend. However I sometimes hear it from other Russians. 

I have to use "and" instead of "with" and put this like this My friends and I go to the cinema every weekend. I'm still wondering what if...

Am I right or wrong?
