How much control do you have over an awakend tree.

[Cloover]

So I recently got the option to cast Awaken, and thought an awakend tree as a mobile base would be kind of nice.
Reading the spell description the party was not fully in agreement regarding the rules concerning the part "You have no special empathy or connection with a creature you awaken, although it serves you in specific tasks or endeavors if you communicate your desires to it. If you cast awaken again, any previously awakened creatures remain friendly to you, but they no longer undertake tasks for you unless it is in their best interests." (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/a/awaken/). Does that give you full direct control, indirect control or is the creature just friendly towards you and completes tasks it's not opposed to (kind of invalidating the second sentence though).
The part in the Animal Archive implies that for animals it may not even be friendly towards you ("...and they’re no more inclined to be automatically servile than anyone else. More than one careless druid has found her awakened animal companion refusing to follow instructions, leaving to pursue its own goals, or even seeking vengeance for its former “enslavement.”).
Does somebody know how to handle this Spell/Circumstance?

[Scott Wilhelm]

I think no special empathy or connection means the spell doesn't give you any telepathic bond, and you are on your own for communicating.

In addition, it likes you, but it's not your magic slave. It's your friend, but not your best friend: you can call it when you want to move, but not necessarily if you want to move a body (so to speak). They have no special empathy thing means that you have to call them when you need help moving, they won't just know that you don't know how to parallel park a UHaul.

The spell says the Awakened will serve you with a specific task. After that task has been completed, you don't have any bond over it. It might stay with you since it likes you, and if you do part ways, when you come calling for a favor, it will be happy to see you and might help you if it can: a friendly NPC.

The "previously awakened creature" thing doesn't make much sense. The spell doesn't say that the creature ever loses its intelligence. That "Instantaneous" Duration doe not mean that the creature only has Intelligence only for an instant: it means the creature becomes instantaneously intelligent, and afterwards, it can't be dispelled like it could if the Duration were Permanent.

[Mysterious Stranger]

The sentence about casting again is referring to other creatures you cast awaken on. What it means is that only the last creature you awakened will carry out task for you.

One problem with your plan is that an awakened tree does not gain any movement. It gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vine, creepers and so forth. Basically they become arms not legs. It’s not gong to be a very mobile base when it cannot move.

An awakened creature is a sentient creature so it will probably not carry out orders that will cause itself harm. I would treat it as an friendly NPC that you have to convince to help you. For the current awakened creature it may not take a lot of persuading, but you better believe I am going to make my players role play this out.

[Scott Wilhelm]

Mysterious Stranger wrote:

One problem with your plan is that an awakened tree does not gain any movement. It gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vine, creepers and so forth. Basically they become arms not legs. It’s not gong to be a very mobile base when it cannot move.

I think an Awakened Tree can move just fine.

Awaken wrote:

An awakened tree has characteristics as if it were an animated object

All the stat blocks for Animated Objects I have seen have Speeds greater than 0. I think they are all 30'.

An Awakened Tree is not exactly like an Animated Object,

Awaken wrote:

except

But none of those listed exceptions include a Speed of 0.

[Diego Rossi]

I think an awakened tree or creature is about as willing to follow your orders as a well trained and loyal dog. It is not charmed or dominated and forced to obey, but you are its pack leader and it will normally follow your orders and requests.

[David knott 242]

Given the intelligence that it gains, an awakened tree would probably regard the caster as its parent. Like all children, most likely it would quickly go from totally loyal but completely incompetent to relatively competent but at least somewhat rebellious.