i think to really understand that fragment down, up, pull off you need to understand rest stroke as that kinda comes from the gypsy jazz rest stroke picking realm to navigate musically descended string changes. as it is leaving out the downstroke, rest pick, hammer on/pull off, unrest pick, upstroke fragment. it is only half of the technique language for that maneuver.
because the fragment i am talking about will help you to hear the rhythm better when working on phrasing because the rest forces you to listen to what is going on before unresting to upstroke.