YOU SAID:
ask the man to eat the tree for u
INTO JAPANESE
その男に木を食べてもらいなさい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Have the man eat the tree.
INTO JAPANESE
その男に木を食べさせます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have the man eat a tree.
INTO JAPANESE
私は男に木を食べさせます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I make a man eat a tree.
INTO JAPANESE
私は男に木を食べさせる。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I make a man eat a tree.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.