A little kid in the middle of a debris field is kicking a soccer ball.
A boy is getting filthy while playing in the wreckage of a fallen building.
Kicking a soccer ball is not getting filthy.
In first sentence the boy is kicking a soccer ball. In e second sentence the boy is playing.
We do not know if the kid is a boy or girl, also, this kid is playing in a debris field.  We do not know if this is from the wreckage of a fallen building.