It is cut. The left side has been suspended (balanced on one of its branches) over the skinny for a while now…gradually dropping lower and lower. Not sure why it was cut where it was and the one side left up in the air.
I see now. Sometimes if you cut a fallen tree off, the remnant attached to the root end uprights itself. Maybe that happened here some time ago and only recently it fell down.
Debate? Bikes are made for riding not pushing.