에 or 으로? 에 or 에서?
1) As far as I understand, 에 marks a place where certain action can be made or goal achieved and 으로 marks the general direction of movement.

But I have a feeling that with verbs 가다, 오다, etc. I most commonly see 으로 rather than 에, like 집으로 놀러 와
디마 씨, 도서관으로 가십시오.
안나 씨, 다음주에 우리 집으로 오십시오.
While in the first sentence it could be that library is a direction, but in the second it is the destination point.
What is the difference in use of 에/으로 with verbs 가다, 오다, etc?

2) Reading a textbook I came across next sentences:
나무에서 새싹이 돋습니다 and 나무에는 새싹이 돋습니다.
If I consider that 돋습니다 is action, I understand why is it 나무에서, but can you really take the tree as a place where an action happens? And also, can 'blooming' be considered as an action?

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에 or 으로? 에 or 에서?
1) As far as I understand, 에 marks a place where certain action can be made or goal achieved and 으로 marks the general direction of movement.

But I have a feeling that with verbs 가다, 오다, etc. I most commonly see 으로 rather than 에, like 집으로 놀러 와
디마 씨, 도서관으로 가십시오.
안나 씨, 다음주에 우리 집으로 오십시오.
While in the first sentence it could be that library is a direction, but in the second it is the destination point. 
What is the difference in use of 에/으로 with verbs 가다, 오다, etc?

2) Reading a textbook I came across next sentences:
나무에서 새싹이 돋습니다 and 나무에는 새싹이 돋습니다.
If I consider that 돋습니다 is action, I understand why is it 나무에서, but can you really take the tree as a place where an action happens? And also, can 'blooming' be considered as an action?

Answer

1.
a place + -(으)로 : to the direction of a place (emphasizing the direction or path.)
a place + -에 : at the point of a place (emphasizing the destination.)

-(으)로 is used with a verb of meaning of coming or going.

e.g.
그는 학교로 갔어요.(O) He went to the direction of the school.
그는 학교에 갔어요.(O) He went to the place of the school.

그는 서쪽으로 갔어요.(O) He went to the west.
그는 서쪽에 갔어요.(X)

그는 위층으로 갔어요.(O) He went upstairs
그는 위층에 갔어요.(O)

그는 위층으로 살았어요.(X)
그는 위층에 살았어요.(O) He lived upstairs.

2. 돋다 means "bud, sprout, come up"
나무에서 새싹이 돋습니다 means "sprout is budding from the tree"
나무에(는) 새싹이 돋습니다. means "sprout is budding on the tree"

Answer

1) -에, -(으)로 
They are interchangeable, basically same thing
디마 씨, 도서관으로 가십시오.
디마 씨, 도서관에 가십시오.
but
안나 씨, 다음주에 우리 집으로 오십시오. ( O )
안나 씨, 다음주에 우리 집에 오십시오. (not wrong but not so great, because we try not to use same postposition in Korean if we have other postposition that has same function)

2) 돋다 is a verb in Korean
We count as it 'grow up' or 'bloom' itself. Any move is a verb :)

나무에서 새싹이 돋습니다 and 나무에는 새싹이 돋습니다.
Slight difference between those 2 sentences.
나무에서 새싹이 돋습니다. 
Sprouts grow up from a tree.
나무에(는) 새싹이 돋습니다.
Sprouts grow up on a tree.  
(는 should be out in this sentence if you are not comparing with other trees or plants)

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