Governor: the verb assigned to govern the overt noun.
Subject: the doer or grammatical participant to which the verb is predicated, generally nominative.
Direct object: what the action targets, generally accusative.
In «أَكْرَمَنِي زَيْدٌ», Zayd is not the governor; the verb governs the noun.
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Tanāzuʿ al-Fiʿlayn — When Two Verbs Compete for One Noun
Governor: the verb assigned to govern the overt noun.
Subject: the doer or grammatical participant to which the verb is predicated, generally nominative.
Direct object: what the action targets, generally accusative.
In «أَكْرَمَنِي زَيْدٌ», Zayd is not the governor; the verb governs the noun.