✔ 最佳答案
"with great effort" is a prep phrase placed after "Bearing along" coordinating with "an ear of corn"---adv phr of manner/purpose.to main clause.
He was talking to his nest----main clause
nest--n--is the home of certain other animals or insects.
ear-n-is the head of a grain-producing plant, used for food---eg:- an ear of corn.