What is the purpose of the ropes tied on roofs?

So every interactable object I've found in the game so far has had some purpose. Ropes tied to anything means you can shoot it with a rope arrow and something will happen. Shooting at one tied to doors will allow you to break them down. Shooting at a hanging object (e.g., boxes, torches, etc.) will cause it to swing. One tied to a large pillar means there's a mounting point nearby to create a rope bridge.

But I haven't found the purpose of ropes tied to roofs.

Shooting it when standing on a suspended box doesn't cause you to swing (although it goes against all physics). Shooting it from the ground does nothing as far as I can tell.

What do these things do for me if I shoot at it with a rope arrow?