For the group would not a prepositional phrase im pretty sure
The answer is: Ahab has always been somewhat mad, but his insanity has recently flourished.
In the excerpt from "Moby D*ck," by Herman Melville, the narrator refers to madness, one of the themes of the novel. He means that Captain Ahab has always been insane, but then his madness becomes completely delirious and absurd. One of the reasons is he has lost a leg because of Moby D*ck, so he turns outrageously vengeful and obsessed with killing the whale.
Its simple all you have to do is put the words in order
Archers passed arrows among themselves. the transitive verb would be passed and arrows would be the object.