test-withfiletree.yaml

---                                        
- hosts: all                               
                                           
  tasks:                                   
    #- debug:                              
        #msg: "{{ item }}"                 
      #with_filetree: /tmp/paul            
                                           
    - file:                                
        path: "/tmp/result/{{ item.path }}"
        state: directory                   
      with_filetree: /tmp/paul             
      when: item.state == 'directory'      
                                           
    - template:                            
        src: "{{ item.src }}"              
        dest: "/tmp/result/{{ item.path }}"
      with_filetree: /tmp/paul             
      when: item.state == 'file'